New Delhi. The England cricket team has fielded three different captains in all three formats in the new season. Harry Brook will captain England for the first time in the ODI series against Australia after Jos Buttler was ruled out of the team due to a calf injury. Buttler has not played any competitive match since England’s defeat in the T20 World Cup semi-final against India in Guyana at the end of June this year. Due to this injury, he was also not selected in the team for the three-match T20 series against Australia.
Jos Buttler was included in the ODI team against Australia but he has been dropped from the team after failing to recover from injury. Twenty-five-year-old Harry Brook has played only 15 ODIs for England but the team management sees him as a future captain. When the ODI team was announced under the leadership of Buttler, he was declared the vice-captain.
The 5-match ODI series will be played from Thursday
The five-match ODI series between England and Australia will begin on Thursday at Trent Bridge. Brook’s appointment as captain also means that England has a new captain in every international format in the current season. Ollie Pope captained the Test team in the three-match series against Sri Lanka in place of the injured Ben Stokes, while Phil Salt led the team in the T20 series in Butler’s absence.
Decisive T20 washed out due to rain, series tied 1-1
The third and final T20 match between England and Australia was cancelled due to rain on Sunday. Thus the three-match series was tied 1-1. Australia had won the first match played in Southampton by 28 runs. England had equalised the series by winning the second match played in Cardiff by three wickets.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 15, 2024, 22:50 IST