The ECB has amended their 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, India. Earlier, Jason Roy was named in the squad, but considering his slow recovery from a recent injury, he has now been replaced by the young attacking batsman, Harry Brook.
With Harry Brook in the squad, England has a strong candidate to bat in the top order in the number 3 or number 4 position, considering Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan will open the innings.
England’s national selector Luke Wright talked about how the ECB has presented a strong squad to defend their title on the Indian pitches. England will meet the New Zealand Cricket team in the first match of the ODI World Cup on 5 October at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
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Jos Buttler on England’s squad selection for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
“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”, said Luke Wright, England, cricket team’s national selector.
“If you ask people to play in an aggressive way, then leave them out as soon as it goes wrong, it sends the wrong message. You can’t just pick a World Cup squad from these four games”, said the England cricket team’s captain Jos Buttler.
England’s updated squad for the ODI World Cup 2023: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
