London: Eoin Morgan will return to lead England in the upcoming T20 series against Pakistan it was announced on Wednesday after he missed their ODI clean sweep following a Covid-19 outbreak within the host’ camp.
Only four of the England players involved in the ODI success have been retained for the three T20s, with centurion Vince omitted.
Saqib Mahmood, Lewis Gregory and Matt Parkinson have all been included in a 16-man squad after starring in the ODIs, with T20 regular Dawid Malan keeping his place.
Jos
Buttler has also been included following a calf injury.
Stokes, however, has been rested ahead of a five-match Test series at home to India starting in August, with bowlers Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran absent as well.
Squad
Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Tom Banton, Jos Buttler (wkt), Tom Curran, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey