England finally announced their 15 member squad for the World Cup. Jos Butler will lead the team.
Earlier they announced a provisional squad for the World Cup. The squad is almost the same except for one player Jason Roy was included in the provisional team whereas now Harry Brook was included into the squad in his place. Since Roy was the perfect choice for their opening but due to back spasms he will miss out the tournament.
Ben Stokes already performed a blistering knock against the New Zealand series and scored the highest individual score for the team. Also Dawid Malan too shows great rhythm. England already won the ODI series against New Zealand by 3-1.
England head selector, Luke Wright said, “We have selected a squad we are confident can go to India and win the World Cup. We are blessed with an incredibly strong group of white ball players which was underlined by the performances in the series win against a very good New Zealand team. The strength of the group has meant that we have had to make some tough decisions on world class players with Jason Roy missing out and Harry Brook coming into the squad.”
England Squad:
Jos Butler ©, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.