Brook to captain England in ODIs with Buttler out

Harry Brook volition skipper England successful their one-day planetary bid against Australia aft Jos Buttler was ruled retired done injury.

A close calf contented forced Buttler, 34, to miss the T20 bid arsenic good arsenic The Hundred and helium has not recovered sufficiently to diagnostic successful the five-match 50-over series.

Left-arm seamer Josh Hull has besides been withdrawn from the ODI squad due to the fact that of a quad injury.

All-rounder Liam Livingstone, who starred successful England's triumph implicit Australia successful the 2nd T20 astatine Cardiff, has been added to the 15-man squad.

The archetypal ODI takes spot astatine Trent Bridge connected Thursday, 19 September.

Buttler's wounded gives Brook, who lone made his ODI debut 18 months ago, the accidental to skipper England for the archetypal time.

The 25-year-old has impressed successful his abbreviated planetary vocation to day but arguably much truthful successful Test and T20 cricket alternatively than the one-day format, successful which helium averages 29.07 successful 15 innings.

However, helium skippered Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred this summertime and, having been touted arsenic a aboriginal England captain, admitted helium has been paying adjacent attraction to the enactment benignant of Test skipper Ben Stokes.

“I’ve played with Stokesy rather a spot present and, watching the mode helium goes astir it, I’d beryllium lying if I said I didn’t instrumentality a fewer learnings from him," Brook said.

Phil Salt, who captained England successful the T20 matches against Australia, is besides successful the squad.

Meanwhile, Hull misses retired aft making his Test debut successful the decision by Sri Lanka astatine The Oval but his wounded is not thought to beryllium superior capable to marque him a uncertainty for October's circuit of Pakistan.

England volition again beryllium led by interim manager Marcus Trescothick for the ODI series, with Brendon McCullum not taking implicit the white-ball duties until January.