AI aids England selection as squad for Pakistan series unveiled

England women's head coach Jon Lewis says he is using artificial intelligence to help with marginal selection decisions. Lewis, who has named his squad for the two white-ball series against Pakistan later this month, says the use of technology in team selection is something which started in franchise cricket but is becoming increasingly common in the international game. The technology which England use runs match simulations - about 250,000 per team - to try to work out how line-ups might fare against each other. However, Lewis said he still uses a "people-first approach" to squad selection, with data playing a supportive role. "What data can do is give you a really objective view of what could happen and what has happened previously. I think it will help with borderline decisions in terms of selection and match-ups. "I suppose there's one selection particularly last year, one period of the Ashes, that we targeted as a team.