Joe Root left out of England T20 squad to face South Africa as Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler return

The England Test captain misses out but will feature in the ODIs

Joe Root has been left out of England’s T20 squad for their tour of South Africa.

England have released a 16-man squad for three T20 matches and the same amount of players for three ODIs, where Root does feature, while the Test match captain is also still in the plans for future T20 series.

The ODI series begins on 4 February, with the T20 series starting on 12 February.

And Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and the Lancashire duo of Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood are all in the ODI squad and could therefore make their debuts.

Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Mark Wood have been rested for the ODIs, but will feature in the T20s.

“These two squads were selected with an eye on the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020,” national selector Ed Smith said.

“In the T20s, a number of players who were rested for the successful 3-2 victory in New Zealand return to the squad: Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Jason Roy.

“We want to expand the pool of players who can perform successfully for England, while also helping the team to peak for major tournaments.”

England ODI squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain

Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)

Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Tom Banton (Somerset)

Pat Brown (Worcestershire)

Sam Curran (Surrey)

Tom Curran (Surrey)

Joe Denly (Kent)

Chris Jordan (Sussex)

Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)

Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)

Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire)

Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)

Joe Root (Yorkshire)

Jason Roy (Surrey)

Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)​

England IT20 squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain

Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)

Jofra Archer (Sussex)

Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Jos Buttler (Lancashire)

Pat Brown (Worcestershire)

Sam Curran (Surrey)

Tom Curran (Surrey)

Joe Denly (Kent)

Chris Jordan (Sussex)

Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)

Matt Parkinson (Lancashire)

Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)

Jason Roy (Surrey)

Ben Stokes (Durham)

Mark Wood (Durham)​

England white-ball tour of South Africa 2020

Friday 31 January: 50-over tour match – Cricket South Africa Invitation XI v England – Boland Park, Paarl (10.00am SAST start)

Saturday 1 February: 50-over tour match – South Africa ‘A’ v England – Boland Park, Paarl (10.00am SAST start)

Tuesday 4 February: 1st ODI – South Africa v England – PPC Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape Town (1.00pm SAST start)

Friday 7 February: 2nd ODI – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban (1.00pm SAST start)

Sunday 9 February: 3rd ODI – South Africa v England – The Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg (10.00am SAST start)

Wednesday 12 February: 1st IT20 – South Africa v England – Buffalo Park, East London (6.00pm SAST start)

Friday 14 February: 2nd IT20 – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban (6.00pm SAST start)

Sunday February 16: 3rd IT20 – South Africa v England – SuperSport Park, Centurion (2.40pm SAST start)