Bethel became England's youngest men's captain.

Jacob Bethell is set to take a page out of Ben Stokes' book after becoming England's youngest ever men's captain in international cricket.

The 21-year-old will lead England in three T20Is against Ireland in Dublin from September 17-21.

Bethell will break the current record for England captain, held by Monty Bowden, who was 23 years and 144 days old when he led the Test team against South Africa in Cape Town in 1888-89, and the Barbados-born all-rounder admitted he doesn't need any encouragement in the role.

"The biggest thing I've seen with Stokes is that he leads with action," Bethell told Sky Sports of the England Test captain.

"He's always the guy who takes precedents and takes things upon himself. I'll try to do that as much as possible.

Obviously he does it in a slightly different way with the fast bowling and things like that.

"I'll try to do that as much as possible with the bat and the ball and on the field. The biggest thing is to try to lead by example."

Bethel's opportunity comes as Harry Brook is rested after the ODI and T20 series against South Africa from September 2-14, for which the squads were also announced on Friday.

Assistant Marcus Trescothick will step in as head coach in Ireland, with Brendon McCullum not travelling, reprising the role he held during England's white-ball tour of the Caribbean last winter.

Bethel said of his appointment: "The first emotion is pride.

“Captaining England is an honour and I can’t wait to do it.

“Obviously captaining England will be different, but I like to think I’ve read the game well.

“I’ll try to take what I do with my game and just apply it to captaincy.

“We had a great series against the West Indies at the start of the summer with Brockie as captain and I enjoyed every moment of it.

Wood underwent knee surgery in March and was ruled out of the entire Test series against India. He was expected to play some role against South Africa or Ireland but his competitive return may not come until England's white-ball tour of New Zealand in October and November before the Ashes.

Uncapped fast bowler Sonny Baker has been rewarded for a series of encouraging displays over the past 12 months, having been included in the ODI squad to face the Proteas and in the group to face Ireland.