2 hours ago Sussex all-rounder James Coles has been called up by England for their T20 bid against India.
Coles, 22, is yet to marque his planetary debut but deed a career-best 224 not out successful in a County Championship crippled against Glamorgan earlier this month.
His grounds successful the T20 Blast past play was besides impressive, scoring 397 runs astatine an mean of 33 and taking 10 wickets astatine an system complaint of conscionable implicit nine.
Harry Brook volition skipper the broadside successful 5 T20 matches contempt being overlooked to pb the Test broadside against New Zealand.
There is nary spot for Test opener Ben Duckett, who was portion of the squad that mislaid to India successful this year's T20 World Cup semi-final.
Coles outgo £390,000 successful the Hundred this twelvemonth erstwhile being signed by London Spirit.
Jordan Cox, Sonny Baker and Saqib Mahmood instrumentality to the squad portion Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton are unavailable owed to injury.
Selector Marcus North said: "James Coles is an breathtaking summation and has earned his place.
"We person selected a larger squad to accommodate for the information that this bid volition statesman soon aft the Test bid against New Zealand is owed to conclude, which allows america to beryllium flexible."
The archetypal T20 of the bid takes spot astatine Chester-le-Street connected 1 July with the last lucifer successful Southampton connected 11 July.
England are apt to travel up against 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi successful the series.
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