The left-arm opening bowler has been a regular fixture in the England ODI camp since 2015 but failed to get the nod from the selectors when the squad was announced on Tuesday.

“No one really deserved to miss out due to how well everyone had performed coming into this summer,” Root told his county club Yorkshire. “I think Will is a fine cricketer. He’s done some wonderful things in an England shirt, and I’m sure he will do again in the future.

“I can imagine it’s a hard pill for him to swallow, but I’m sure he’ll go back to Yorkshire and be the brilliant professional that he is and help win some games of cricket.

“He’ll have been sweating on this for four years,” Bresnan told BBC Radio Leeds. “He won’t let it affect him. In fact he’s probably got the attitude to come back in for Yorkshire and tear it up.”