England have named a 16-player squad for the ODI tri-series involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka that runs from October 18 to 31, with Harry Brook continuing as captain. The squad is notable both for who is missing — Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer among them — and for three uncapped players handed a first taste of the senior one-day set-up.
England's group is: Harry Brook (c), Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, James Coles, Jordan Cox, Mason Crane, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Josh Tongue. Of these, Crane, Coles and Crocombe are uncapped at ODI level, with Mason Crane's call-up arriving almost nine years after his previous involvement in England's white-ball set-up.
Buttler has been ruled out with a hamstring injury picked up during England's series against Sri Lanka last month, while Archer has been rested to manage his workload after a heavy summer across formats, including a stint in The Hundred. Jacob Bethell is also unavailable. None of the three absences is described as a long-term concern, but together they open the door for England to assess depth across the top order and the pace attack in conditions very different from an English summer.
Adil Rashid is back after a hand injury cost him England's recent ODI series against Sri Lanka, restoring a senior spin option alongside Liam Dawson. Sam Curran also returns, having been out since groin surgery in August, giving Brook a recognised seam-bowling all-rounder back in the mix for a tournament that will test squad depth across three weeks and two venues.
The tri-series runs entirely in Pakistan, with group matches at Rawalpindi on October 20, 22 and 25, a further group game at Lahore on October 29, and the final at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on October 31 between whichever two sides finish top of the group table. It follows directly on from Pakistan and Sri Lanka's own bilateral T20I series, which begins October 9, giving England a long and logistically demanding assignment across two different host cities inside a fortnight.
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Squad details, injury information and the tri-series schedule in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting from multiple outlets, current as of October 8, 2026.
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