Two of the most talked-about talents from England's T20 domestic summer have been named for the first time in the England T20 International squad to play the BLACKCAPS, which includes matches in Nelson and Napier coming up early this November.

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Tom Banton and Saqib Mahmood earn their first England call-ups after their standout white-ball summers.

Banton hit 549 T20 runs for Somerset this season – the second highest scorer in the tournament behind teammate Babar Azam, while Lancashire’s Mahmood added eight T20 wickets to his competition-leading 28 in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown and Lancashire spinner Matthew Parkinson also receive their first white ball call-ups.

England IT20 squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain)

Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Tom Banton (Somerset)

Sam Billings (Kent)

Pat Brown (Worcestershire)

Sam Curran (Surrey)

Tom Curran (Surrey)

Joe Denly (Kent)

Lewis Gregory (Somerset)

Chris Jordan (Sussex)

Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)

Dawid Malan (Middlesex)

Matt Parkinson (Lancashire)

Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)

James Vince (Hampshire)

Schedule:

November 1: 1st T20 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, 2pm

Nov 3: 2nd T20 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, 2pm

Nov 5: 3rd T20 at Saxton Oval, Nelson, 2pm

Nov 8: 4th T20 at McLean Park, Napier, 6pm

Nov 10: 5th T20 at Eden Park, Auckland, 2pm

Nov 21-25: 1st test at Bay Oval, Tauranga, 11am

Nov 29-December 3: 2nd test at Seddon Park, Hamilton, 11am

Article added: Tuesday 24 September 2019