England won't rest big guns ahead of Ashes

England have resisted the temptation to rest any of their big Ashes guns from this month's five-match ODI series against the West Indies.

England have resisted the temptation to rest any of their big Ashes guns from this month's ODI Series against the West Indies - but Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali do get a one-match Twenty20 break.

In two 14-man squads announced on Monday evening for the one-off T20 match and then five ODIs, the selectors have sprung few surprises.

Moeen and Stokes, like several others in both squads expected to figure heavily in next winter's Ashes, have been prescribed a short rest towards the end of a UK summer that has contained seven Tests and a Champions Trophy campaign.

The most notable omission from both lists is fast bowler Mark Wood, a central figure in the Champions Trophy but who has since suffered with a heel injury which interrupted his Test summer and has kept him out of action since mid-July.

Surrey seamer Tom Curran is named in both squads and therefore has a chance to add an ODI debut to his two Twenty20 caps to date.

Fit-again Chris Woakes is back for the ODIs - with his fellow seamer Jake Ball in both squads - but Steven Finn misses out.


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