England seamer Gus Atkinson will be rested for this month’s One-Day International series against Australia, with Olly Stone coming in as his replacement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
England is set to host Australia for three Twenty20s, followed by a five-match ODI series. The first ODI will take place on September 19 at Trent Bridge.
Atkinson was part of the squad that helped England win its three-match test series 2-1 against Sri Lanka. He was instrumental in the second Test, wherein he took a fifer and scored a century, becoming only the third cricketer to do so, at Lords.
“I couldn’t have asked for much more, to get on both honours boards is incredible and it’ll take a bit of time to sink in,” Atkinson said after helping England to a 190-run win that gave his side a 2-0 lead in the three test series.
Atkinson’s rise has come at a crucial moment for England, following the successive retirements of its all-time greatest wicket taker Jimmy Anderson and his chief strike partner over the years, Stuart Broad.
Stone, on the other hand, has played eight One Day Internationals for the Three Lions, taking eight wickets and scoring 18 runs. His last ODI was against the Proteas in Bloemfontein, South Africa, which the host side has won by five wickets.
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