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England suffered a significant blow as fast bowler Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies.

Gus Atkinson sustained the injury during England’s Test victory over Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last week.

He will now undergo a period of rehabilitation under the supervision of the England medical team. Meanwhile, no replacement will be added to the ODI squad.

In a statement on Tuesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that the pacer would miss the upcoming ODI series.

“[Gus] Atkinson sustained the injury during England’s test victory over Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last week… No replacement will be added to the ODI squad,” the ECB statement said.

Gus Atkinson injury has added to England’s woes as he was the most experienced member of the pace attack. Besides this, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse, and Chris Woakes are all sidelined due to injuries.

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England, under new captain Harry Brook, will play a three-match ODI series. The first ODI is scheduled for Thursday, 29 May at Edgbaston.

Following the conclusion of the ODI series, the Three Lions will play a three-match T20I series, set to begin on Friday, 6 June.

England Updated ODI Squad

Harry Brook (c), Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Luke Wood.

England T20I Squad

Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Luke Wood.

ODI series Schedule

1st ODI: England v West Indies, Edgbaston, 29 May 2025,
2nd ODI: England v West Indies, Cardiff 1 June 2025,
3rd ODI: England v West Indies, London 3 June 2025

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NOTTINGHAM: Opening batter Ben Duckett helped England break the record for the fastest team fifty in Test cricket during the ongoing match against West Indies at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

After being invited to bat first by West Indies, England lost opening batter Zak Crawley on the third ball of the match.

However, what followed was a frantic display of aggressive batting by Duckett, with support from Ollie Pope. Duckett struck 19 runs off the second over, bowled by Jayden Seales.

Pope hit Alzarri Joseph for two boundaries before Duckett scored nine runs off Seales’ second over. Duckett helped the team reach the 50-run mark with a four off Joseph in only 26 balls.

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The 4.2-over fifty by England is the fastest in the history of Test cricket. They broke their own previous record of scoring 50 in 4.3 overs against South Africa back in 1994.

Fastest team 50s in Test cricket: (where known)

4.2 – England vs WI, Nottingham, 2024

4.3 – England vs SA, The Oval, 1994

4.6 – England vs SL, Manchester, 2002

5.2 – Sri Lanka vs PAK, Karachi, 2004

5.3 – India vs ENG, Chennai, 2008

5.3 – India vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023

Notably, the hosts, who lead the three-match series 1-0, made one change to their Playing XI as pacer Mark Wood replaced James Anderson, who concluded his decorated career on a winning note as England crushed West Indies by an innings and 114 runs in the first Test at Lord’s.

Meanwhile, West Indies made a late change to their previously announced playing XI as Kevin Sinclair replaced Gudakesh Motie.

Playing XIs

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir

West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Mikyle Louis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales

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