Champions Trophy 2017 - England announce squad

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England announce squads for the Royal London ODI series and ICC Champions Trophy

England selectors have announced a 14-man squad for the Royal London ODI Series against Ireland starting on Friday May 5 at Bristol and a 15-man squad for the Royal London ODI series against South Africa and the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England and Wales in June.

Durham seamer Mark Wood returns for the first time since September and will be looking to add to his 11 caps. Yorkshire all-rounder David Willey is also included having missed the West Indies series in March with a shoulder injury.

Three players – Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes – have not been considered for selection for the Ireland series due to their ongoing Indian Premier League commitments. They return to England on May 15.

Northamptonshire batsman Ben Duckett and Middlesex seamer Steven Finn have both been included in the squad to face Ireland.

National Selector, James Whitaker, said: “We have made encouraging progress over the past 18 months in white ball cricket and the squads selected reflect consistency and give options across all disciplines.

“It is pleasing that Mark Wood and David Willey have returned to full fitness. They add variety and quality to our bowling strengths and David’s ability as an attacking batsman is also an important element for us.

“As we build-up to the ICC Champions Trophy in June, matches against Ireland and South Africa are very important in their own right as we aim to win both series.”

The players selected in the Ireland squad will report to Bristol on Thursday May 4 2017.

England 14-man squad versus Ireland, Royal London ODI Series

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (Capt.)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire)
Sam Billings (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jason Roy (Surrey)
David Willey (Yorkshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)

England 15-man squad versus South Africa, Royal London ODI Series and the ICC Champions Trophy

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (Capt.)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire)
Sam Billings (Kent)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jason Roy (Surrey)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
David Willey (Yorkshire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)

Fixtures

Royal London ODI Series (Ireland)

Friday May 5 vs Ireland, The Brightside Ground, Bristol

Sunday May 7 vs Ireland, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

Royal London ODI Series (South Africa)

Wednesday May 24 vs South Africa, Headingley, Leeds

Saturday May 27 vs South Africa, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

Monday May 29 vs South Africa, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

ICC Champions Trophy

Thursday June 1 vs Bangladesh, Kia Oval, London

Tuesday June 6 vs New Zealand, SSE SWALEC, Cardiff

Saturday June 10 vs Australia, Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

that's a quality team on paper

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Thats a solid solid squad on Paper wont be easy to beat them but they and Safers are chokers so its tough to support them

I'm rooting for Saf vs Eng final..

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Not so great team but with home advantage it can be lethal. Needed some effective specialist.

 

[Markhor]

Mark Wood needs very careful handling. He's been through a number of ankle operations, and his action puts so much stress on his ankle.

The bowling isn't up to the mark, Australia and South Africa have superior pace attacks. But the batting is formidable and can compete with anyone.

England HAVE to win either the CT17 or 2019 WC. Both are on home soil. Otherwise it'll be another "Golden Generation" like the football team that promised much but failed to deliver.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England should be one of the big favourites for ICC trophy. Talented and well balanced sqaud picked.

 

[fazleefridi]

A Hales
J Roy
J Root
E Morgan
J Buttler
B Stokes
M Ali

Wow look at this top 7. Hitters from 1 to 7.

With back ups as

J Bairstow
S Billings
B Duckett

England has four hard hitting wicket keepers

Bairstow, Buttler, Billings, Duckett.

And Pakistan doesn't have a single hitter in their line up, let alone, hard hitting Wicket keeper

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Good squad.

Man I can't wait to see us finally play in England but damn, bit fearful as well lol

 

[fazleefridi]

Pakistan has

Azhar
Shehzad
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarfraz
Imad

In top 7

 

[HitWicket]

Good squad.

Man I can't wait to see us finally play in England but damn, bit fearful as well lol

Interested to see how we put the team together against you guys with no Stokes around. Do we pick 5 bowlers + Root or go with the usual 6 bowlers but Ali as the 6th instead of Stokes.

 

[shaz619]

Mark Wood needs very careful handling. He's been through a number of ankle operations, and his action puts so much stress on his ankle.

The bowling isn't up to the mark, Australia and South Africa have superior pace attacks. But the batting is formidable and can compete with anyone.

England HAVE to win either the CT17 or 2019 WC. Both are on home soil. Otherwise it'll be another "Golden Generation" like the football team that promised much but failed to deliver.

Fear not [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] [MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION]!

Commentary: (We're not creative enough and we're not positive enough)

Cricket's COMING HOME! Its COMING HOME! Its COMING HOME! Its COMING!

Everyone seems to know the score, they've seen it all before
They just know, they're so sure
That England's gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away
But I know they can play,
'Cause I remember

Three lions on a shirt
Aussies are still gleaming
40 years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

So many jokes, so many sneers
But all those "oh so near's"
Wear you down, through the years
But I still see that choke against Bangladesh
And when our bowlers did not score, Dilshan belting the ball
And Nobody dancing

Three lions on a shirt
Aussies still gleaming at us
40 years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Very strong batting lineup but they won't win the tournament

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Thats a solid solid squad on Paper wont be easy to beat them but they and Safers are chokers so its tough to support them

I'm rooting for Saf vs Eng final..

Chokers vs chokers. Will probably end in a tie