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England announced their provisional T20 World Cup squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and United States of America starting in June.

English all-rounder Chris Woakes has been dropped, while Jofra Archer and Jordan were also included after almost a year on the sidelines.

Archer has not played competitive cricket for a year and last appeared for his country on the white-ball tour of Bangladesh 14 months ago.

The 29-year-old, Archer hasn't played in a World Cup since bowling the decisive Super Over in the 2019 final against New Zealand at Lord’s.

This squad will also take on Pakistan men in the preceding four-match Vitality IT20 series, which gets underway next month in Leeds.

England will begin their tournament against Scotland on 4 June in Barbados and if everything goes as planned, Archer will play for the team in that match on the island. 

England T20 World Cup squad:

Jos Buttler (captain), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali (vice-captain), Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tom Hartley, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Reece Topley