CricketEngland in India: Injured Jacob Bethell out of Champions Trophy and Tom...

England in India: Injured Jacob Bethell out of Champions Trophy and Tom Banton called up

Bethell, who has impressed across all formats since making his debut last September, scored a battling fifty in England’s four-wicket defeat in Nagpur. He also took 1-18 from three overs.

Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith also has a calf issue, which ruled him out of the last two matches of the T20 series in India and the first two ODIs.

He kept wicket in the warm-ups on Sunday morning and England remain hopeful he will be fit.

Banton played the most recent of his six ODIs in 2020. He has also played 14 T20s, most recently in 2022.

Having caught the eye as a teenager in domestic cricket, Banton’s first foray into internationals was underwhelming, with three fifties across his 20 innings.

He is in form at the time of his recall, however.

The right-hander is currently the leading run-scorer in the ILT20 in the United Arab Emirates, having scored 493 runs in 11 innings, including two centuries, for MI Emirates.

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