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HBL PSL 7: England players to miss initial games due to West Indies tour

The five-match series will be played in Barbados from January 22-30 while PSL 7 is scheduled to start from January 27

HBL PSL 7: England players to miss initial games due to West Indies tour PHOTO: Reuters

England players are going to initial matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season seven after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed their squad for the T20I series against West Indies.

The five-match series will be played in Barbados from January 22-30 while PSL 7 is scheduled to start from January 27.

Seven players Phil Salt, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Jason Roy, Saqib Mehmood, James Vince, Reece Topley are the players to miss the matches.

Meanwhile, Eoin Morgan will captain a 16-player squad in T20Is against West Indies. The squad includes 11 players who travelled to the United Arab Emirates for the T20 World Cup last November. George Garton and David Payne are both uncapped players in the squad.

Paul Collingwood will stand in as head coach while Marcus Trescothick will join the squad as an assistant coach.

England Squad

Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince.

Schedule

Saturday, January 22 – 1st T20I

Sunday, January 23 – 2nd T20I

Wednesday, January 26 – 3rd T20I

Saturday, January 29 – 4th T20I

Sunday, January 30 – 5th T20I