England rest Ashes stars for ODI series

Eoin Morgan to lead side in series against Australia starting next month.

LONDON: England have rested Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann for the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Australia next month.

Eoin Morgan will captain the side in Cook’s absence, while pace-bowlers Chris Jordan and Jamie Overton are included in the England squad.

Michael Carberry, Gary Ballance and Boyd Rankin, who are yet to make their ODI debuts for England, have also been selected.

“Following a very intense period of cricket this summer we have decided to rest a number of senior players,” said national selector Geoff Miller. “This will allow them to recover from a heavy workload over the last three months.”

England have named a separate squad for a one-off match against Ireland on September 3, for which Kevin Pietersen, Joe Root and Jonathan Trott will be resting. They have been replaced by Ballance, James Taylor and Danny Briggs. The first ODI against Australia is at Headingley on September 6.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2013.

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