Tuesday 18 December 2012

England rest Anderson and Trott

Date: Thursday, 20 December (Pune); Saturday, 22 December (Mumbai)Coverage: BBC 5 live sports extra and BBC Sport website.

Date: 11, 15, 19, 23, 27 January 2013Coverage: BBC Sport website

James Anderson and Jonathan Trott have been replaced by Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler in England's one-day squad to face India.

Fast bowler Anderson, 30, and batsman Trott, 31, impressed in England's Test series victory and are being rested.

Dec 2012: India Test and T20 series (away) Jan 2013: India one-day series (away) Feb-March 2013: New Zealand Test and one-day series (away) May-June 2013: NZ Test and ODI series (home) June 2013: Champions Trophy (50 overs, home) July-August 2013: Ashes series (home) September 2013: Australia ODI series (home) Nov 2013-Feb 2014: Ashes tour (away) Joe Root, who was also one of the stand-out players in Nagpur, has been named in the Twenty20 squad.

Eoin Morgan will captain England in the absence of the injured Stuart Broad for this week's two T20 games.

An ECB statement read: "Woakes and Buttler replace Anderson and Trott in the India ODI squad as the selectors look to manage workloads."

England play T20 internationals with India on 20 and 22 December, before returning home for Christmas and the new year.

They return to India in the first week of January for the one-day series.

Twenty20 squad: Jonny Bairstow, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, James Harris, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan (capt), Samit Patel, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Luke Wright.

ODI squad: Alastair Cook (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.


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