Hants pair set for Ageas Bowl stay
Vince and Dawson in squad for England v Ireland series
Hampshire pair James Vince and Liam Dawson have been included in England’s training squad ahead of the threematch ODI series against Ireland. They are in a 24-strong behind-closed-doors group which will go into camp at the Ageas Bowl later this month to prepare for three one-day internationals against Ireland at the same ground. Vince last played an ODI during last summer’s World Cup tournament – he deputised for injured opened Jason Roy in three games – while the last of Dawson’s three ODIs came in March 2018. With World Cup winners Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes omitted because of their Test commitments in a truncated summer, nine players uncapped at ODI level have been named in the group. Ex-Hampshire seamer Reece Topley returns to international contention after a four-year absence due to four separate stress fractures, as does fellow left-armer David Willey, the unfortunate man axed to make way for Archer in England's World Cup squad last year. Batsmen Laurie Evans, Sam Hain and Phil Salt and bowlers Henry Brookes, Brydon Carse, Richard Gleeson and Tom Helm are uncapped at international level. All-rounders Liam Livingstone and Lewis Gregory have played T20s for England. Experienced pair Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali will take their spots in the group, as expected, after being the headline names cut from the Test series squad recently. Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown and Sussex fast bowler Chris Jordan miss out due to back and right arm issues respectively, while Yorkshire batsman Dawid Malan is another absentee because of a right calf injury. There is no room for World Cup winner Liam Plunkett, although that was anticipated after the Surrey seamer was left out of a 55-man training group asked to return to training to prepare for a revamped schedule.
Hampshire spinner Mason Crane, who was named in the 55-man group, has been left out though. His wait for a first senior England appearance since early 2018 goes on.
The group are set to gather next Thursday, exactly a fortnight before the first ODI, and will live, prepare and train on-site in an identical manner to what their Test counterparts have done in recent weeks.
Intra-squad matches will be held on July 21 and 24 and a final squad, plus a number of reserves, revealed at a later date. England assistant Paul Collingwood will make the temporary transition to head coach to give Chris Silverwood a breather in-between the Test assignments against the West Indies and Pakistan. Marcus Trescothick has been seconded from Somerset to oversee the batsmen. England Young Lions coach Jon Lewis will watch over the pace bowling, while former South Africa slow left-armer Claude Henderson will oversee the spinners. Squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Sam Billings (Kent), Henry Brookes (Warwickshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Tom Curran (Surrey), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Laurie Evans (Sussex), Richard Gleeson (Lancashire), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Sam Hain (Warwickshire), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Phil Salt (Sussex), Reece Topley (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Yorkshire).