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The squad for the five games is unlikely to include any of the players who are currently in Australia taking part in the Ashes
Collingwood, one of England’s assistant coaches, travelled to the T20 World Cup first and then the Ashes with the national team, but flew back to the UK last week. He will spend Christmas at home before going to Barbados for the five-match T20I series in mid-January.
Silverwood, England’s head coach, has occasionally taken series off over the last 18 months in order to ease his workload amid a gruelling international schedule. Collingwood deputised during the ODIs against Ireland in 2020, while Graham Thorpe took charge during the T20I series against Pakistan later that summer.
Silverwood insisted after the T20 World Cup that he wanted to continue as head coach across formats but his position will come under…