ECB asks English players selected for West Indies tour to return back from BBL

ECB has asked six members, who are currently taking part in the ongoing Big Bash League to return to the UK by January 7.

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England will tour West Indies to play five T20Is starting from January 23, followed by three Test matches in March. The England Cricket Board has already announced a 16-man squad for this tour which has a few new names. Players who are currently participating in the Ashes don’t feature on this list.

Also, England head coach Chris Silverwood won’t be travelling with the team and Paul Collingwood will stand in as the head coach along with Marcus Trescothick being the assistant coach.

ECB has asked six members of this squad, who are currently taking part in the ongoing Big Bash League to return to the UK by January 7. In the past few days, Covid cases have increased a lot in Australia which posed a serious threat to Ashes too. The players who have been asked to return are Saqib Mahmood, who is also a standby player for the English team playing the Ashes, Reece Topley, Sam Billings, James Vince, George Garton, and Tymall Mills. Chris Jordan, who is also a part of England’s squad has already left Australia.

Big Bash organizers confirmed the departure of these six players in a statement released on January 2.

"The six English players currently playing in the KFC BBL who have been selected for England’s T20 International series against the West Indies will be returning to the UK by January 7,” the statement read as quoted by The Cricketer. 

"CA thanks the ECB and the English players for their support of our summer of cricket, including men’s and women’s Ashes series and the participation of English players in the BBL.”

"The returning players are Sam Billings, George Garton, Saqib Mahmood, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley and James Vince. Clubs will confirm their departure dates via squad releases and social channels."

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