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Joe Denly retains his place as England announce unchanged Test squad for Caribbean tour

Joe Denly retains his place as England announce unchanged Test squad for Caribbean tour

England will play three Tests, five ODIs as well as three T20Is against West Indies.

The Joe Root led side created history and won 3-0 in the Island nation | Getty

England has retained their 16-man Test squad which travelled to Sri Lanka for the upcoming full tour of West Indies.

The selectors are delighted with the historic 3-0 series whitewash in the island nation and satisfied with the overall performance of every member of the Joe Root led side.

Hence, they've decided to name an unchanged squad with batsman Joe Denly retaining his place despite not featuring in any of the three Tests. The 32-year-old continues to have faith in his side, even as Ollie Pope and Jason Roy piled up noticeable performances in the recently concluded County Championship season.

While Ben Foakes has been also rewarded for his fantastic performance in Sri Lanka with a huge of vote confidence, as the 25-year-old is being picked as England's first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman for the tour.

Even the ODI side has a very similar look from the one that won 3-1 against Sri Lanka, with Eoin Morgan leading the side that sees the return of all-rounder David Willey and Mark Wood's inclusion ahead of Olly Stone.

The T20I squad will be announced in due time.

England plays three Tests, five ODIs as well as three T20I during their long tour of the Caribbean Islands, which starts next month.

Test squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jimmy Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), Jack Leach (Somerset), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

One-day squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

(Inputs from ECB)

 
 

By Kashish Chadha - 11 Dec, 2018

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