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Olly Stone included in England’s squad for ODIs with Sri Lanka

by September 20th, 2018

England have included uncapped seamer Olly Stone in their squad for the ODIs with Sri Lanka, while Ben Stokes and Alex Hales will also be part of the touring party despite their upcoming hearings.

Warwickshire’s Stone, 24, will provide captain Eoin Morgan with a pace option as Liam Plunkett, who is in the 16-man squad, will miss the first three matches due to his wedding, while all-rounder David Willey is absent because of a back injury.

On Tuesday the England and Wales Cricket Board charged Stokes and Hales for bringing the game into disrepute for their roles in an incident outside a Bristol nightclub last September.

The two men will face an Independent Cricket Discipline Commission panel at hearings in December, but that has not prevented them from being named in the squad for the five ODIs in October.

England play one Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka later that month before a three-Test series in November, when Stokes will again likely feature.

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