England named batter Harry Brook at the expense of Jason Roy on Sunday in the squad for their 50-over World Cup title defence.Brook, who was left out of England's provisional World Cup squad, made the cut despite a string of failures in the recent series against New Zealand.But he was impressive in
England named batter Harry Brook at the expense of Jason Roy on Sunday in the squad for their 50-over World Cup title defence.
Dawid Malan, who plundered 277 runs in three ODIs against New Zealand to be named player of the series, also made the squad and is a firm favourite to open the batting for England. "We are blessed with an incredibly strong group of white-ball players which was underlined by the performances in the series win against a very good New Zealand team.
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