Stand-in captain, Charlie Dean, has defended the decision to allow England's cricket team to miss domestic matches for an army bootcamp, stating it was necessary for the squad to "gel together". The 15 players in England's squad for the T20 World Cup were withdrawn from last week's round of fixtures in the One-Day Cup to attend the camp at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. England has not played competitively since October and has been spending time in internal training camps preparing for the upcoming T20World Cup.