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England have not selected uncapped pace bowler Jofra Archer in a preliminary 15-man World Cup squad

by April 17th, 2019

England have not selected uncapped pace bowler Jofra Archer in a preliminary 15-man World Cup squad but have named him in one-day squads for games against Pakistan and Ireland.

The 24 year old Barbados-born archer, qualified to play for England in March after a change in residency rules.

He could still make the world cup if he impresses in the pre-tournament matches as changes can be made up to May 23.

Just yesterday England’s Chris Woakes said it would “not be fair morally” to select archer for the world cup, hosted by England and wales, which begins on May 30.

Sussex’s archer has an English father and a British passport. He became eligible to play for England on March 17, thanks to the England and wales cricket board (ECB) bringing in new residency rules on January 1.

The preliminary world cup squad is unchanged from the drawn winter one-day series against the West Indies, with Eoin Morgan captaining a side who are number one in the ODI rankings.

The full squad captained by Eoin Morgan is completed Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.

 

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