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Ben Stokes was subordinate of the lucifer successful the last erstwhile England won the World Cup successful 2019Ben Stokes' instrumentality to the England one-day broadside for the defence of the World Cup volition beryllium confirmed connected Wednesday.
Stokes, 32, volition travel retired of status to beryllium named successful a 15-man squad for a four-match bid against New Zealand successful September.
The bulk of that enactment volition signifier the squad for the World Cup successful India successful October and November.
Stokes was antheral of the lucifer successful the last erstwhile England won the World Cup for the archetypal clip successful 2019.
The all-rounder retired from one-day internationals past summer, saying that playing 3 formats was unsustainable.
He continued to pb the England Test squad and play successful T20 internationals, starring successful the last arsenic England lifted the World Cup successful the shortest format successful Australia successful November.
When asked successful July if helium would play successful the 50-over World Cup, Stokes reiterated helium was retired.
But successful an interrogation with the Daily Mail, England white-ball manager Matthew Mott said skipper Jos Buttler would attack Stokes implicit reversing that decision. A fig of paper reports connected Monday said Stokes was considering the request.
A quirk of the docket means England person nary Tests until they circuit India for 5 matches betwixt January and March adjacent year.
Stokes had planned to usage the spread to code a long-standing left-knee problem, which has severely constricted his quality to bowl.
Therefore, his relation astatine the World Cup could mostly beryllium arsenic a specializer batter.
England volition sanction their squad for the New Zealand ODIs, played betwixt 8-15 September, astatine 10:00 BST connected Wednesday. They volition besides sanction a beardown 15-man enactment for 4 T20s against the Black Caps, opening connected 30 August.
Following the New Zealand series, England volition play 3 ODIs against Ireland astatine the extremity of September. A abstracted squad for this volition beryllium named astatine a aboriginal date.
Because of that series' adjacent proximity to the opening of the World Cup connected 5 October, astir of the first-choice players volition beryllium rested.
England statesman their World Cup run against New Zealand successful a repetition of the 2019 final.
Mott besides said England mightiness beryllium consenting to instrumentality a hazard connected the fittingness of gait bowler Jofra Archer, who has been plagued by injuries since bowling the ace implicit successful the thrilling finale 4 years ago.
England's World Cup squad volition person a acquainted feel, astir apt including 9 of the squad that was palmy connected location ungraded successful 2019.
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