Essex’s Cox, an aggressive 23-year-old right-handed batter, was a part of England’s Check squad for the sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka which concluded on Monday however didn’t play.
He was additionally the highest scorer for males’s champions Oval Invincibles on this 12 months’s Hundred, scoring 214 runs in seven matches with a strike-rate of 143.62.
Barbados-born Bethell first emerged as a part of England’s Below-19 squad that had been runners-up on the 2022 World Cup.
The left-hander, who additionally bowls left-arm spin, scored 166 runs in seven innings for Birmingham Phoenix within the Hundred this 12 months and was a part of the Birmingham Bears facet that reached the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast.
He moved to England as a 13-year-old after receiving a cricket scholarship at Rugby College.
Bethell’s Warwickshire team-mate Dan Mousley, Hampshire seamer John Turner and left-armer Josh Hull, who made his Check debut within the third Check in opposition to Sri Lanka, are the opposite uncapped gamers in England’s squad however have been ignored for Wednesday’s series-opener.
England omitted Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali – the latter has since retired from England responsibility – from the squad however seven of the T20 World Cup squad from earlier this 12 months make the XI.
Salt, who may also maintain wicket in Buttler’s absence, will open with Will Jacks, whereas all-rounders Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran, plus bowlers Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer and Reece Topley maintain their locations.
Surrey’s Overton will play as a batter solely as he recovers from a again damage.
