The England and Wales Cricket Board have long pursued a policy of resting the players with the heaviest schedules and, with a Champions Trophy, back-to-back Ashes contests and a pair of series against New Zealand all coming up in the next year, that shows no signs of abating.

Indeed, their current one-day series in India, which continues with the second one-day international in Kochi today, takes place while a trio of senior men stay back in England.