Tongue ruled out of New Zealand series, Jordan named replacement
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Harry Brook banned from IPL for two years
14 Mar 25
England pacer Josh Tongue has been ruled out of the T20Is against New Zealand due to an injury and has been replaced by Chris Jordan.
Tongue made his Test debut for England this year, and had impressed with the ball. He picked 10 wickets at an average of 25.7.
Jordan - has represented England in all three formats. He has picked 96 T20I wickets at an average of 27.32. He was also a part of England's successful campaign in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022.
Jordan has also had a good run in this year’s The Hundred Men’s Competition. He has scored 107 runs at an average of 53.5 with a strike-rate of 201.88 in the tournament. The all-rounder has also picked eight wickets at an average of 10.75 with an economy of 6.88.
Three Lions already lost Brydon Carson to injury with the uncapped young pacer John Turner coming into the squad.
Luke Wood, Gus Atkinson and Sam Curran are leading the pace attack in T20Is with senior figures reserved for the ODI series with the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in mind.
Squad:
Jos Buttler, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Brydon Carse, Luke Wood.
