Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes could play a single white-ball international between them this summer, after Eoin Morgan confirmed that their involvement in this month’s T20I series against Pakistan is in doubt.
Buttler played the first T20I of England’s home summer, making 68 not out against Sri Lanka, but has missed the following five limited-overs internationals with a calf tear that has also ruled him out of this week’s ODI series against Pakistan, which starts in Cardiff on Thursday.
Stokes, meanwhile, missed the whole of Sri Lanka’s tour while recovering from the finger injury he sustained in Rajasthan Royals’ opening IPL fixture, and while he has been playing county cricket over the past two weeks, England are wary of rushing him back with an eye on upcoming Test series against India and Australia, as well as the T20 World Cup.
