Jake Ball has been given an England recall after the pacer was called up as cover for the injured Chris Woakes ahead of the ODI series against Australia.
Woakes suffered a thigh-strain in the second Test against Pakistan and will be out of contention for the one-off ODI against Scotland and the initial part of the subsequent series against Australia.
Pacer Tom Curran has also been called up a replacement for Woakes in the squad for the Scotland ODI on June 10.
Ball, 27, was part of the England Ashes and limited-overs squad in the tour of Australia last year. The Nottinghamshire seamer has played four Tests and 17 ODIs for England so far in his career. Ball has picked up 21 wickets in the 17 ODIs he has played at an average of over 45.
Woakes’ absence means England have lost two of their all-rounders to injury in the past week with Ben Stokes being forced to sit out of the second Pakistan Test due to a hamstring injury.
England have now lost both Stokes and Woakes to injury.
“Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball has been drafted into England’s ODI squad for the Royal London series against Australia as cover for all-rounder Chris Woakes,” an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement read.
“Woakes, who will be unavailable for the first part of the series with a right quad strain, joins Ben Stokes (left hamstring tear) on the injured list. Both players have commenced their injury rehab programmes and will be hoping to respond to treatment with the aim of featuring in the latter stages of the series,” the statement went on to add.
England and Australia are slated to play five ODIs with the first of them taking place at the Oval on June 13. The ODI series will be followed by a one-off T20I at Edgbaston on June 27.
