Josh Tongue has been ruled out of England’s white-ball tour of Australia due to a toe injury.
The fast bowler sat out of England’s 92-run warm-up win over Western Australia on Saturday and will return to the UK to undergo further assessment on the big toe on his left foot.
Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid made impressive returns to the fold as part of the victory in Perth. Archer, who was rested for the ODI tri-series in Pakistan, claimed 3-34 from his eight overs and Rashid, who was overlooked for most of that tour in favour of Liam Dawson, took 4-35 from 7.3 as WA were bowled out for 159, having been set 252 to win.
Jofra Archer took 3-34 as England beat Western Australia by 92 runs in their warm-up game
Ben Duckett continued his fine form with the bat, building on his back-to-back tri-series tons by top-scoring with 59 in an otherwise disappointing batting display by Harry Brook’s side, having won the toss.
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Take a look at the best bits from Ben Duckett’s impressive 167 haul against Sri Lanka during the ODI tri-series
Brook (27) was a number of top-order batters to make starts but fail to convert to a big score, and the wicket of Sam Curran (12) in the 29th over had the tourists in a bit of a hole at 150-6.
Lower-order runs from Will Jacks (34) and Dawson (44no) helped lift England beyond 200 and to a competitive score, with the latter left stranded as they were ultimately bowled out for 251 in 48 overs – Brody Couch claimed 4-47 and Lance Morris 3-29.
In reply, Western Australia never looked likely to chase down England’s target. Corey Wasley top-scored with 41, while Cameron Bancroft made 32 – a day after Usman Khawaja revealed that the entire Australian team knew about the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town in 2018, for which Bancroft, Steve Smith and David Warner were punished.
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Australia’s Usman Khawaja has made extraordinary claims ahead of the release of his autobiography, saying the entire Australia dressing room knew about plans to tamper with the ball in South Africa in 2018
Fit-again Jacob Bethell was not selected for England’s warm-up match as he continues his return from the knee injury that has kept him sidelined since July.
England face Australia in the first of three ODIs on Friday, with five T20Is to follow.
Schedule for England’s tour of Australia
ODIs 3.30am UK time, with T20s 8.15am UK time
- First ODI: Friday, November 13 (Perth)
- Second ODI: Sunday November 15 (Adelaide)
- Third ODI: Wednesday November 18 (Hobart)
- First T20I: Saturday November 21 (Melbourne)
- Second T20I: Tuesday November 24 (Carrara)
- Third T20I: Friday November 27 (Brisbane)
- Fourth T20I: Sunday November 29 (Sydney)
- Fifth T20I: Wednesday December 2 (Canberra)
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