Star English all-rounder Ben Stokes has been rested for the upcoming T20I series vs South Africa and England’s prestigious The Hundred. confirmed country’s cricket board on Friday.
England’s Test skipper Stokes missed the T20I series against India to rest after captaining England to four consecutive Test victories against New Zealand and India at the start of the summer. With three more against South Africa beginning in the middle of August, Stokes has been given rest, which also means missing the second edition of the Hundred for Northern Superchargers.
He also played in only two games of the inaugural season of The Hundred for the Northern Superchargers.
“To manage the workload and fitness of England Men’s Test captain Ben Stokes, he will not feature in the Vitality IT20 series and The Hundred competition, which is due to start next month,” the ECB said in a statement.
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Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid has returned to both squads after missing the series against India, having been permitted by the ECB to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. He replaces Matt Parkinson in both squads. On the other hand, Jonny Bairstow, who sat out the T20 series with India, is also back in the T20I squad.
Meanwhile, Durham seamer Matthew Potts has received a maiden call-up to the ODI squad after making an impressive debut in England’s four Test matches with 18 wickets at 26.72, earlier this summer.
