{"id":753312,"date":"2026-06-22T17:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/753312\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:33:27","slug":"jordan-cox-named-in-england-t20-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/753312\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Cox Named in England T20 Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Essex Men&#8217;s wicket-keeper batter Jordan Cox has been named in England Men&#8217;s T20 squad.<\/p>\n<p>The England Men\u2019s selection panel has named a 17-player squad for the Vitality IT20 series against India.<\/p>\n<p>England Men&#8217;s T20 Squad:<\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook &#8211; Captain (Yorkshire)<br \/>Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)<br \/>Jofra Archer (Sussex)<br \/>Sonny Baker (Hampshire)<br \/>Tom Banton (Somerset)<br \/>Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)<br \/>Jos Buttler (Lancashire)<br \/>James Coles (Sussex)<br \/>Jordan Cox (Essex)<br \/>Sam Curran (Surrey)<br \/>Liam Dawson (Hampshire)<br \/>Will Jacks (Surrey)<br \/>Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)<br \/>Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)<br \/>Phil Salt (Lancashire)<br \/>Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)<br \/>Luke Wood (Lancashire)<\/p>\n<p>Uncapped all-rounder James Coles has been called up to an England Men\u2019s squad for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Cox, Sonny Baker and Saqib Mahmood return to the T20 squad having not been a part of the 2026 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup squad. Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton are unavailable due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>England Men\u2019s National Selector, Marcus North, said: \u201cJames Coles is an exciting addition and has earned his place following his performances with the England Lions and in T20 competitions here and abroad during the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have selected a larger squad to accommodate for the fact that this series will begin shortly after the Test series against New Zealand is due to conclude which allows us to be flexible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England Men\u2019s Vitality IT20 series v India Schedule:<\/p>\n<p>1st Vitality IT20: Wednesday 1 July, Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street, 5.30pm start.<br \/>2nd Vitality IT20: Saturday 4 July, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, 2.30pm start.<br \/>3rd Vitality IT20: Tuesday 7 July, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 5.30pm start.<br \/>4th Vitality IT20: Thursday 9 July, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, 5.30pm start.<br \/>5th Vitality IT20: Saturday 11 July, Utilita Bowl, Southampton, 2.30pm start.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at Essex Cricket wishes Jordan the very best during his time with England!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cox-India.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essex Men&#8217;s wicket-keeper batter Jordan Cox has been named in England Men&#8217;s T20 squad. The England Men\u2019s selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-753312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}