Overview
- Harry Brook will captain a 15-player group for the Feb 7–Mar 8 tournament in India and Sri Lanka, with changes allowed until one week before the start.
- Jofra Archer is selected for the World Cup but will skip the Jan 22–Feb 3 Sri Lanka warm-up tour to recover from a left-side strain, with Brydon Carse covering that trip.
- Nottinghamshire quick Josh Tongue earns a maiden white-ball call-up after eye-catching returns in the Ashes and as leading wicket-taker in The Hundred.
- Jamie Smith, Jordan Cox and Saqib Mahmood are omitted from the provisional squad, and T20 specialist Liam Livingstone is also left out.
- England depart on Jan 18 for three ODIs and three T20Is in Sri Lanka before opening their World Cup campaign against Nepal on Feb 8 in Mumbai.