England fast-track teenage star Thomas Rew for Australia white-ball tour

Bethell returns after injury; Carse frozen outFour-week trip includes 3 ODIs and 5 T20sEighteen-year-old Thomas Rew has earned his maiden call-up for England after being selected for the white-ball tour of Australia next month. Jacob Bethell is also fit to return after a knee injury but Brydon Carse remains frozen out.Coming after the upcoming tri-series in Pakistan, the four-week trip features three one-day internationals and five Twenty20s. Fast bowlers Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson and Sonny Baker will play in the ODIs that start on 13 November, before turning their attention to the Test tour of South Africa. Continue reading…

Eighteen-year-old Thomas Rew has earned a maiden England call-up while Bethell returns from knee issue for Australia tour Eighteen-year-old Thomas Rew has earned his maiden call-up for England after being selected for the white-ball tour of Australia next month. Jacob Bethell is also fit to return after a knee injury but Brydon Carse remains frozen out. Coming after the upcoming tri-series in Pakistan, the four-week trip features three one-day internationals and five Twenty20s. Fast bowlers Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson and Sonny Baker will play in the ODIs that start on 13 November, before turning their attention to the Test tour of South Africa.

This, plus Jos Buttler’s ongoing absence following hamstring surgery, has led to a fresh-faced T20 squad with Somerset’s Rew, a promising wicketkeeper-batter, one of four uncapped players. Henry Crocombe and James Coles will continue on from Pakistan, and Hampshire quick Eddie Jack gets his first chance. While captain Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, and Bethell