Jofra Archer named in England T20 World Cup squad despite Ashes injury

Smith has featured in England’s one-day opener in their last nine matches but has not played in a T20 since June. The 25-year-old struggled in the one-dayers ahead of the Ashes in New Zealand, then managed just one half-century in eight innings in Australia.

In contrast, Tongue, 28, became the breakout star of England’s Ashes team, taking 12 wickets in two Tests. He is in the squad for T20s and not ODIs.

Cox, the top scorer in last year’s Hundred League, may feel unfortunate to have missed this opportunity. Tom Banton gets the nod as a middle-order innings guard.

Duckett features in both teams despite a difficult Ashes and looks set to take his opening Test partnership with Crawley into one-day internationals as England look for a combination that will propel them towards the 50-over World Cup.

Crawley played in eight one-day international matches; the last of which was the final List A match played in the West Indies in December 2023.

While Root, who turns 35 on Tuesday, is a potential candidate to rest after the Ashes, he is only heading to Sri Lanka for the ODIs. The next crickets would probably come in the summer.

Jacks all-rounder missed the tour of New Zealand recovering from a broken finger and returned to both teams as one of several spin options in sub-continental conditions.

Jacks joins Adil Rashid, Liam Dawson, Rehan Ahmed and Bethell in the slow bowling ranks.

Along with Nepal, England join West Indies, Bangladesh and debutants Italy in T20 World Cup Group C. All their matches are played in Kolkata and Mumbai.

If Brook’s men finish in the top two, they will advance to a second round group that could also include New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from this group will advance to the semi-finals.