30 December,2025 05:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Josh Tongue (Pic: X/@ICC)
Ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026, England have announced their 15-member squad, which also comprises the likes of pacer Josh Tongue. The 28-year-old pacer is yet to make his first appearance for England in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) or T20 Internationals (T20Is).
So far, he has played eight Test matches for the side and has picked up 43 wickets.
Along with the squad for the global tournament, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also named the team for the white-ball series against Sri Lanka, which is scheduled to be played in January-February.
Harry Brook has been appointed as captain of the "Three Lions" for the T20 World Cup 2026. Meanwhile, Tongue's inclusion in the squad comes after his stunning performance in the Boxing Day Test match of the ongoing Ashes series. His bowling heroics helped the "Three Lions" to secure a win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This was also England's first win on Australian soil since 2011.
The 28-year-old pacer also became the first England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 21st century.
He has been included in Sri Lanka's tour squad, too, which precedes the World Cup.
England's star pacer Jofra Archer has also been included in the World Cup squad, but is not a part of the squad for the Sri Lanka series. Currently, the pacer is recovering from a side strain that forced him to sit out of the third and fourth Test matches.
Swashbuckling batsman Liam Livingstone failed to find a place in either the T20 World Cup 2026 squad or for the Sri Lanka series.
England will play three ODIs and then three T20Is on their Sri Lanka tour, starting January 22. The Three Lions will begin their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign by playing a match against Nepal on February 8.
England squad for ODIs in Sri Lanka: Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Luke Wood.
England squad for T20I World Cup 2026: Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
England squad for T20Is in Sri Lanka: Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
(With ANI Inputs)
