England skipper Buttler fit for tour of West Indies

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Camera IconEngland captain Jos Buttler has recovered from injury and will lead his side in the West Indies. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP

England white-ball captain Jos Buttler will return to the side for this month's one-day international and T20 tour of the West Indies after recovering from a calf injury,.

The 34-year-old wicketkeeper-batter missed England's T20 and ODI series against Australia with the same injury. England tied the three-match T20 1-1 and lost the five-match ODI series 3-2 against Australia.

Jafer Chohan, John Turner and Dan Mousley are the three uncapped players in the 14-member squad.

"An initial 14-player squad has been selected, which will be supplemented with two players from the Test squad in Pakistan," the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).

"A decision on the two players to join the white-ball squad in the Caribbean is to be made after selection for the third Test in Rawalpindi, which begins on Thursday, October 24."

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England will play the West Indies in three ODIs, starting on October 31, followed by five T20s beginning on November. 9.

The three-week tour will take place in Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia.

ENGLAND SQUAD:

Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jafer Chohan, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner

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