England have recalled Sam Curran for their T20Is against South Africa and Ireland, while prescribing an extra week's rest to Ben Duckett after his dramatic loss of form.

Curran has not played for England in any format this year - or under Brendon McCullum 's coaching - but has been in excellent domestic form. Across 24 appearances in the T20 Blast and the Hundred this summer, he has scored 603 runs with a strike rate of 154.21 and taken 33 cheap wickets, and has been added to squads for all six of England's upcoming fixtures.

His call-up comes barely 24 hours after South Africa exposed England's overreliance on the part-time spin of Jacob Bethell and Will Jacks in Thursday's second ODI at Lord's. Bethell and Jacks returned combined figures of 1 for 112 in 10 overs, and Curran's a

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