Billings included in England tour squad

Kent captain Sam Billings has been selected for England’s white-ball tour of South Africa, beginning on Friday 27th November.

Billings averaged 37.66 with the bat in seven England white ball appearances during bilateral series against Pakistan and Australia this Summer, scoring his maiden ODI century against Australia in September.

The touring party depart on Monday 16th November and will play three IT20s and three ODIs taking place behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment at Newlands, Cape Town and Boland Park, Paarl.

England Men’s IT20 Squad in full:

• Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain)
• Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
• Jofra Archer (Sussex)
• Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
• Sam Billings (Kent)
• Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
• Sam Curran (Surrey)
• Tom Curran (Surrey)
• Chris Jordan (Sussex)
• Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
• Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
• Jason Roy (Surrey)
• Ben Stokes (Durham)
• Reece Topley (Surrey)
• Mark Wood (Durham)

England Men’s ODI Squad in full:

• Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain)
• Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
• Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
• Sam Billings (Kent)
• Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
• Tom Curran (Surrey)
• Lewis Gregory (Somerset)
• Liam Livingstone (Lancashire)
• Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
• Joe Root (Yorkshire)
• Jason Roy (Surrey)
• Olly Stone (Warwickshire)
• Reece Topley (Surrey)
• Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
• Mark Wood (Durham)

England Men’s tour of South Africa:

• Monday 16th November – Touring party departs from London to Cape Town
• Saturday 21st November – 50-over intra-squad practice match, Newlands, Cape Town
• Monday 23rd November – Two T20 intra-square practice matches, Boland Park, Paarl
• Friday 27th November – 1st IT20, Newlands, Cape Town
• Sunday 29th November – 2nd IT20, Boland Park, Paarl
• Tuesday 1st December – 3rd IT20, Newlands, Cape Town
• Friday 4th December – 1st ODI, Newlands, Cape Town
• Sunday 6th December – 2nd ODI, Boland Park, Paarl
• Wednesday 9th December – 3rd ODI, Newlands, Cape Town
• Thursday 10th December – Touring party departs from Cape Town to London

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