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Tom Curran

LONDON — Surrey bowler Tom Curran has been added to England’s one-day squad for the West Indies tour as back-up to Jake Ball.

Nottinghamshire’s Ball (25) is to have a scan on a knee injury he suffered in a warm-up game on Monday in St Kitts.

It is South Africa-born 21-year-old Curran’s first senior call-up and comes in the middle of his involvement with the England Lions in Sri Lanka.

He is the son of late Zimbabwe all-rounder Kevin Curran, and brother of Surrey and Lions player Sam Curran.

He is the latest Zimbabwean talent to make the England cricket team after Graeme Hick and Gary Balance.

“It’s all pretty surreal right now, but I’m giddy, I can’t wait to get out there,” Curran said.

England opener Alex Hales is also set to join the side after recovering from a hand fracture.

West Indies named their 13-man squad for the three-match series yesterday.

The squad features batsman Carlos Brathwaite, who hit four successive sixes in the final over from England’s Ben Stokes to win the World Twenty20 last year.

The series begins on Friday in Antigua. The second one-day match also takes place in Antigua — on 5 March — with the third game four days later in Barbados.

Squads

West Indies: Jason Holder (captain), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Kieran Powell, Rovman Powell.

England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes. — BBC Sport.