England rest Joe Root and Ben Stokes, call five uncapped players for T20 series with South Africa

England have included five uncapped players for the Twenty20 series with South Africa and rested five international regulars, including Ben Stokes and Joe Root.

Root, Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Jake Ball will miss the three-game series, which starts on June 21 at the Ageas Bowl, while fast bowler Tymal Mills misses out with a back injury.

Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane and Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone are called into the squad for the first time and there are also places for uncapped Middlesex batsman Dawid Malan, Somerset bowler Craig Overton and Surrey all-rounder Tom Curran.

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Root, Stokes, Moeen, Rashid and Ball are all being made available to their counties for the first day-night round of the Specsavers County Championship starting on June 26.

Overton will replace Durham seamer Mark Wood, who is only available for the first of the three games, while wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow is returning to Yorkshire after the first two games are completed.

The five new players have all impressed in the England Lions set-up and the call-up could give Crane an international debut in front of his home fans.

Chairman of selectors James Whitaker said: "The IT20 series against South Africa presents us with an opportunity to incorporate several players who have come through the talent pathway into the senior group. The squad has an exciting blend of youth and experience and we are looking forward to a competitive series against strong opposition.

"With five uncapped players selected, there is undoubted talent coming through the system and we are excited to see some of these players showcase their skills at the highest level.

"Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran and Craig Overton have impressed for the England Lions over the past 12 months and have transferred their skills across all formats, in particular with their respective counties.

"Young leg-spinner Mason Crane is another player with great promise and he has made great strides with Hampshire this season and has added to his experience with stints in the North-South Series earlier in the season, where he took crucial wickets and even earned selection for New South Wales in Australia's premier domestic competition the Sheffield Shield."

After the series opener in Southampton, England and the Proteas also meet in Taunton on June 23 and Cardiff on June 25.

England squad: Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire) - Available for the first two matches of the series; Sam Billings (Kent); Jos Buttler (Lancashire); Mason Crane (Hampshire); Tom Curran (Surrey); Liam Dawson (Hampshire); Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire); Chris Jordan (Sussex); Liam Livingstone (Lancashire); Dawid Malan (Middlesex); Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain); Craig Overton (Somerset) - Available for the last two matches of the series; Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire); Jason Roy (Surrey); David Willey (Yorkshire); Mark Wood (Durham) - Available for the first match of the series.