Jos Buttler is expected to return to the England side on Sunday for the first of three Twenty20 internationals against Australia, ending nearly two months out of action with a calf injury, as preparations for the T20 World Cup intensify.
England’s World Cup squad, complete with three travelling reserves, assembled in Perth this week, having travelled to Australia either from Pakistan or from England. Of those who had missed the series against Pakistan to work on their fitness Tymal Mills has fully recovered from the toe problem that forced him to sit out most of the Hundred while Chris Jordan and Liam Livingstone, who have been suffering from finger and ankle problems respectively, are considered more likely to play in Wednesday’s second game in Canberra than the opener at Optus Stadium.
They will face an understrength Australia side, who completed a 2-0 series defeat of West…
