England Name White-Ball Squads for New Zealand Tour as Crawley Earns First T20I Call-Up
The picks balance recent domestic form with workload management under white-ball captain Harry Brook.
Overview
- England will play three T20Is on October 18, 20 and 23, followed by three ODIs starting October 26.
- Harry Brook continues as captain for both formats after stepping into the role earlier this year.
- Sam Curran returns to the ODI squad on the back of a standout Hundred campaign, his first ODI call since November 2024.
- Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith and Jofra Archer are rested from the T20Is but are included for the ODI leg.
- Lancashire seamer Saqib Mahmood misses the tour following minor knee surgery.