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Jofra Arche from Englandr, Ben stokes Y Sam curran take a break from the international one-day leg of the tour of more than 50 world champions from South Africa, it was announced Tuesday.
But with the 2021 T20 World Cup on the horizon, all three players were included in the squad for the three Twenty20s, which begin later this month, ahead of the three-match ODI series.
Players will be confined to biosecurity bubbles during the round as they were during the English international season.
Archer, Stokes and Curran have all been in a new bubble while participating in the Indian Premier League tournament, which is being held in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus.
Fast pitcher Archer, a hero from last year’s World Cup final victory, spent 87 days in England’s bubble.
Stokes, the all-rounder, missed a portion of the English season to spend time with his sick father in New Zealand, but left-handed closer Curran appeared in international red and white ball matches.
England national coach Ed Smith, defending the decision to rest the trio, noted how the team’s improved white ball form had matched more players who could participate in the IPL.
“If you look at the commitment shown to England by those three players – Curran, Archer and Stokes – and their great performances in an England jersey, I don’t think anyone can question their commitment to the cause,” Smith said.
“Clearly multi-format players, who also play franchise cricket, so the players we’re talking about (Jos) Buttler, Stokes, Archer and Curran, are people who need to rest and we as selectors are very aware of that.
“We are going to take those opportunities to give them a break when we think it is best for England and that is what we are doing for the second leg of this South African tour.”
Smith said that the Covid-19 protocols had changed the concept of rest.
“It’s that awareness of whether the players are really exhausted from the experience or, in some cases, they feel comfortable and travel well,” he added.
“It’s the conversations that are going to be very important in terms of England’s performance.”
Archer, speaking last week, said he was counting the days until he was “free again” after spending much of the past few months in a bubble.
Reece Topley, whose career has been ruined by injury, is on both 15-man teams, with teammate David Willey ruled out with a back problem.
Warwickshire sideline Olly Stone, Lancashire hitter Liam Livingstone and Somerset all-rounder Lewis Gregory have a chance to impress during the ODIs in the absence of Stokes, Archer and Curran.
But England Test captain Joe Root and fellow World Cup winner Chris Woakes were left out of the T20 team.
England’s games in South Africa will be played at Boland Park in Paarl and Newlands in Cape Town.
Newlands will host both the opening T20 on November 20 and the first ODI on December 4.
England teams
T20I Squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, Captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham).
ODI Squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, Captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
England Itinerary:
November 27: South Africa v England, Q1, Newlands, Cape Town
November 29: South Africa v England, 2nd T20, Boland Park, Paarl
December 1: South Africa v England, 3rd T20, Newlands, Cape Town
December 4: South Africa v England, 1st ODI, Newlands, Cape Town
December 6: South Africa v England, 2nd ODI, Boland Park, Paarl
December 9: South Africa v England, 3rd ODI, Newlands, Cape Town
