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England skipper Jos Buttler has been ruled retired of the three-match Twenty20 bid against Australia and is simply a uncertainty for the 5 one-day internationals that follow.
Buttler, 33, has not played since the T20 World Cup successful June due to the fact that of a calf injury.
In his absence, Phil Salt volition skipper England for the archetypal clip successful the T20s, portion Harry Brook is successful enactment to measurement up if needed successful the ODIs.
The T20 bid begins connected Wednesday successful Southampton, with the ODIs starting connected 19 September.
The sojourn of Australia is England's archetypal white-ball duty since they mislaid successful the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
Head manager Matthew Mott has since left, but Buttler remained arsenic skipper aft a reappraisal by managing manager Rob Key.
Marcus Trescothick is England's interim white-ball manager for the Australia bid and the circuit of the West Indies successful November.
It was announced this week that Test manager Brendon McCullum volition instrumentality complaint of the limited-overs sides, though his combined relation does not statesman until January.
Buttler was injured successful grooming earlier The Hundred and sat retired the full competition, on with Lancashire's decision by Sussex successful the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast connected Wednesday.
Salt deputised for Buttler arsenic Manchester Originals skipper successful The Hundred and leads a refreshed T20 squad that includes six uncapped players, including Surrey all-rounder Jamie Overton, who has been called up arsenic screen for Buttler.
Salt has played 31 T20s and 19 ODIs and has established himself astatine the apical of the bid for England successful white-ball cricket.
The 28-year-old whitethorn person taken the wicketkeeping gloves if Buttler was fit, truthful helium could harvester keeping with captaincy. Jordan Cox is different enactment down the stumps.
Brook volition articulation the ODI squad aft a abbreviated play of remainder pursuing the decision of England's last Test against Sri Lanka, which begins connected Friday.
The 25-year-old batter has been serving arsenic vice-captain to stand-in Test skipper Ollie Pope this summer.
Brook, a erstwhile England Under-19 captain, led Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred and would beryllium a campaigner arsenic a aboriginal skipper of the elder side.
Cox, who has been portion of the England Test squad, has been added to the ODI enactment arsenic cover, to spell on with his spot successful the T20 squad.
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