Stuart Broad left out of England one-day squad to face South Africa
Wednesday 23 December 2015 18:22, UK
England head coach Trevor Bayliss insists Stuart Broad has a future in limited-overs cricket despite being left out of the one-day squad for the South Africa tour.
Broad, 29, has not played one-day cricket since the World Cup last year, with Bayliss preferring to blood a number of younger players in the shorter formats.
The seam places in the latest squad go to Steven Finn, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes and David Willey, but Bayliss says Broad, who captained England at the 2014 World T20 and hopes to feature in next year's tournament, is still in the selectors' thoughts.
"I think going forward we will need some experience in the team; Broady certainly wants to play and the selectors certainly want him to be available for selection," he said.
"On this occasion it was one of those things - let's give these other guys a bit more of an opportunity. Stuart's always there in the background with some big tournaments coming up in the next year or two and I'm sure he'll play more ODI cricket for England.
"I'm sure he'll be spoken about but we did pick this squad sort of thinking these guys have done well for us over the last little bit, let's stick with them a little bit longer and see which ones make a real go of it.
"I think the selectors thought they are getting together some good combinations and to give some of these guys a bit more of an opportunity."
Liam Plunkett is a notable absentee after impressing in the recent T20s against Pakistan and at 30, he may be surprised to be sent on another Lions tour to the UAE, but with Ben Stokes fit after a shoulder injury the Yorkshire paceman misses out.
"Someone's obviously got to miss out unfortunately and on this occasion [it is] Liam," added Bayliss.
"He came very close to selection. It was a long chat along those lines. The good thing with success is that there are a lot of guys putting their hand up and wanting to be in this team, and Liam's very unlucky to miss out on this one."
Sam Billings and James Vince have been picked as T20 specialists in a 15-man squad, with Jonny Bairstow and James Taylor to make way from the 50-over party.
England squad for ODIs & T20s: E Morgan (capt), M Ali, J Bairstow, S Billings, J Buttler, S Finn, A Hales, C Jordan, A Rashid, J Root, J Roy, B Stokes, J Taylor, R Topley, D Willey, D Woakes, J Vince.
