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Ben Stokes will be replaced by Dawid Malan in England's one day squad in Australia as they concede their talisman now almost certainly won't make the trip.

The delay into the new year on a decision as to whether or not he will be charged for his part in a Bristol brawl back in September has left the all rounder in limbo.

And with the ECB suspending Stokes pending any decision, their plans regarding both the Ashes and now the ODI series have had to be altered.

Malan has already impressed in white ball cricket for England, scoring 78 from 44 balls on T20 debut against South Africa at Cardiff last summer which he thought would be his best route to a sustained international career.

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Since then he has been given the chance to show his skill in Test cricket and in Perth he took his chance to the fullest extent by scoring England's first hundred of the current series.

As a man in form and already out here in Australia it makes sense for him to be added to the one day squad which plays the first of five games in Melbourne on January 14th.

The decision to replace Stokes in the one day side with a batsman highlights just how difficult it has been to plug his hole in both sides since his spot in the Test team was taken by bowlers, first by Steven Finn and then Tom Curran.

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There are plenty of bowling options at Eoin Morgan's disposal but with Stokes developing into a reliable number five with the bat, Malan will be asked to do a middle order job.

Stokes is still sweating on both the Crown Prosecution Service decision and the subsequent process involving the cricket disciplinary commission, but he will be given the green light to enter the IPL auction in the new year.