England have named a 16-man ODI squad for their three-match series in Australia, with Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell both recalled and Harry Brook continuing as captain. Jos Buttler has been left out of both the ODI and T20I squads following hamstring surgery, confirming he will not feature on tour.
Archer returns to the ODI set-up after being rested for England's recent tri-series commitments in Pakistan, while Bethell is back after recovering from the knee injury he picked up during the ODI series against India in July. England selector Marcus North said their return means the squad will be "close to full strength as we ramp up preparations for a World Cup," a direct reference to the gap-filling nature of this tour ahead of the next ICC men's ODI World Cup cycle.
Buttler's exclusion ends any uncertainty over his short-term availability — the wicketkeeper-batter underwent hamstring surgery and is out of both white-ball squads for the tour. Fast bowler Saqib Mahmood is also unavailable because of a knee injury; Luke Wood has taken his place in the T20I squad. Jordan Cox is the designated wicketkeeper for the ODI leg in Buttler's absence.
England's ODI group reads: Harry Brook (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Josh Tongue. Several of the frontline pacers — Archer, Atkinson, Baker and Tongue among them — are being rested from the T20I leg of the tour, with England also preparing to head to South Africa for a Test series in December.
The three ODIs open in Perth on November 13 before the series moves to Adelaide and then Hobart. It is the first senior white-ball assignment for several of England's returning players since their respective injuries, making the Perth opener as much a fitness checkpoint as a contest on the scoreboard.
With a home World Cup cycle on the horizon, England's selectors are clearly using this tour to establish which combination of their pace-bowling options — Archer, Atkinson, Baker, Tongue, Curran and Overton — can be trusted fit and firing together. Archer's workload in particular will be watched closely across all three matches, given how central his pace and death-bowling skills are to England's white-ball plans.
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Squad details and player availability in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting as of October 15, 2026.
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