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England announce squad for Sri Lanka tour

England will play a seven match One-day International series against the hosts.

Ravi Bopara (Right) made a comeback in the One-day team after a long gap © Getty Images
Ravi Bopara (Right) makes a comeback in the One-day team after a long gap © Getty Images

Sep 24, 2014

England announced their One-day squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. As expected Alastair Cook will lead the team. All-rounder Ravi Bapara made a comeback in the team. Also young batsman James Taylor managed to keep his place in the team. England will play a seven match One-day International (ODI) series against the hosts with the first match starting on November 26. They will also play two warm up matches against Sri Lanka A prior to the ODI series. Before World Cup this series will give England ample opportunities to fix the right combination.

England selectors also named a Performance Programme squad (EPS) which has been split into two groups. The batsmen and spinners will make a trip to Sri Lanka while the fast bowlers will travel to Potchefstroom in South Africa. Two of the spinners, Adil Rashid and Stephen Parry, will depart with the main squad to Sri Lanka to help with preparations before linking up with the rest of the EPP squad in the country.

England Squad for the tour of Sri Lanka:

Alastair Cook (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan Eion Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes

Performance squad for Sri Lanka Zafar Ansari, Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Adam Lees, Adam Lyth, Stephen Parry, Samit Patel, Adil Rashid, Adam Riley, Jason Roy, James Vince, Tom Westley

England ODI Tour to Sri Lanka 2014

Fri 21 Nov – 1st warm-up v SL A (Day), Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Sun 23 Nov – 2nd warm-up v SL A (Day), Tamil Union Oval, Colombo
Wed 26 Nov – 1st ODI (Day/Night), Colombo
Sat 29 Nov – 2nd ODI (Day), Colombo
Wed 3 Dec – 3rd ODI (Day/Night), Hambantota
Sat 6 Dec – 4th ODI (Day), Colombo
Wed 10 Dec – 5th ODI (D/N), Pallekelle
Sat 13 Dec – 6th ODI (Day), Pallekelle
Tue 16 Dec – 7th ODI (D/N), Colombo

 

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