London [UK], September 3 (ANI): Younger Jordan Cox has been included within the three-match T20I sequence in opposition to Eire in Dublin scheduled to begin from September 17 in Malahide.
Cox was the very best run getter of the lately concluded The Hundred. In 9 matches, he has scored 367 runs with a mean of 61.16 and a staggering strike price of 173.93, and made three half-centuries.
The 24-year-old wicketkeeper batter has performed two T20Is, each in opposition to West Indies in 2024, however in these video games, his numbers didn’t impress. Cox has performed a complete of 5 worldwide video games up to now, and the beginning has not been so nice. After a strong The Hundred, Cox will probably be eager to showcase related numbers on the worldwide entrance.
Jacob Bethell has been named skipper for the tour of Eire, with Harry Brook rested for the three-match T20I sequence.
‘Jacob Bethell has impressed along with his management qualities ever since he has been with the England squads and the sequence in opposition to Eire will present him with the chance to additional develop these expertise on the worldwide stage,’ England males’s selector Luke Wright was quoted in a press release from England Cricket, as per the official web site of ICC.
Bethell, 21, is ready to develop into the youngest England males’s staff captain. The present holder of the feat is Monty Bowden, who captained England at 23 years previous and 144 days in a Check in opposition to South Africa in Cape City again in 1888/89.
Pacer Sonny Baker has acquired his maiden call-up to the England squad for the ODI sequence in opposition to South Africa in addition to the Eire T20Is.
England squad for Eire T20Is: Jacob Bethell (c), Rehan Ahmed, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Luke Wooden, Jordan Cox. (ANI)
