England, who will be hosting the World Cup has announced the preliminary 15-member squad for the ICC World Cup. The selection committee headed by ECB national selector Ed Smith has announced the names of 15 players, although the final team is not yet decided.
Jofra Archer, the Caribbean born English player, who is playing for Rajasthan in the IPL has been sidelined. There was a lot of discussion about his name but the selectors have not included him but he has been selected for Pakistan and Ireland series.
The final decision on Jofra Archer, will depend on his performance against Pakistan ODIs and then he can be included in the final World Cup team which will be announced next month on May 23.
The responsibility of the pace attack will be led by Liam Plunkett, David Willey, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes. Apart from this, there are two main spinners in the form of Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali and Joe Denly have been selected as a backup spinner.
The team is filled with 7 batsmen, who have no backups, while Tom Curran has been selected in the World Cup squad and Eoin Morgan will take of the command of the team.
England's Preliminary 15-member squad for the World Cup:
Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
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