The match between England and Ireland was called off due to rain© AFP England’s opening one-day international against Ireland was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Wednesday, denying Joe Root a World Cup warm-up. With the rest of England’s first-choice squad rested ahead of next week’s departure to India, Root requested to be included … Read more
Former England Test skipper Joe Root has been added to England’s first ODI squad against Ireland at Headingley by choice. England’s initial squad did not include a single player from their preliminary ODI World Cup squad for the three-match ODI series. Harry Brook was the only exception, he was part of the ODI series but … Read more
Harry Brook has been selected for England’s Cricket World Cup squad after Jason Roy was dropped to make way for the dynamic young batsman. Roy was included in England’s provisional 15-man squad, but the selectors made a last-minute switch by naming Brook instead for the tournament in India. Roy missed the recent one-day internationals against … Read more