England pacer Jofra Archer is set to miss the Indian Premier League 2024 as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) looks to manage his workload ahead of the T20 World Cup according to ESPNcricinfo.
England and West Indies will kick off the white-ball series from Sunday onwards with the first ODI. After a disastrous World Cup campaign, England has once again done a white-ball reset by introducing new, young talent in the team, marking the start of a new era.
Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone join the white-ball skipper, with the first two 50-over matches to be played in Antigua.
England skipper Jos Buttler expressed his delight as the Three Lions defeated Pakistan in their final group-stage game and admitted that even with the absence of all-rounder Ben Stokes in the initial games they should have been able to cope without him.
Effective cameos at the back-end and an attacking 132-run partnership between Ben Stokes and Joe Root propelled England to 337/9 against Pakistan at the iconic Eden Gardens on Saturday.
England are languishing at seventh position in points table with only two wins in eight matches. The defending champions have four points and are aiming for a top-8 finish in the tournament to qualify for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 while Pakistan are at fifth position in points table with fou
Ahead of England's upcoming match against Pakistan in the 44th game of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, Dawid Malan said that they failed to perform in the ongoing tournament.
As per ESPNCricinfo, Buttler will tell Rob Key, England's managing director, that he wants to continue as England's white-ball skipper during the series against West Indies from December onwards. The WC has been a terrible one for the defending champions, who have managed just two wins in ei