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Ollie Pope
Ollie Pope has played 38 Tests but has not played a white-ball match for England

Batter Ollie Pope and uncapped seamers John Turner and Josh Tongue have been picked in a new-look England squad for their white-ball tour of West Indies.

December’s tour will be England’s first action since their World Cup exit.

Only six players in the World Cup squad have been selected for the three one-day internationals in the Caribbean.

Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Chris Woakes have been dropped for the ODIs but included for the T20 leg, while Dawid Malan has been left out entirely.

The 36-year-old opener was England’s leading run-scorer during the World Cup campaign, which ended on Saturday with a consolation victory over Pakistan.

Pope, who has not played since injuring his shoulder in the second Ashes Test in June, is in line for his first white-ball cap and is joined in the ODI squad by Test team-mates Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, along with 19-year-old Rehan Ahmed and fellow spinner Tom Hartley.

Jos Buttler remains as captain for both squads.

Harry Brook, Gus Atkinson, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone and Brydon Carse are the others to keep their place. Reece Topley returns for the five-match T20 series after a finger injury ended his World Cup early.

Ben Stokes has been ruled out as he will have knee surgery next week, while David Willey has retired from international duty now England’s World Cup campaign is over.

Surrey opener Will Jacks and Lancashire’s Phil Salt add further freshness, despite playing regularly for England in white-ball cricket in recent years.

The T20s will act as preparation for England’s defence of the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the United States in June next year.

England return to India for a Test series in January, and Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Mark Wood are all set to feature on the red-ball tour having been rested in the West Indies.

ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain – Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), John Turner (Hampshire)

T20 squad: Jos Buttler (captain – Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

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