England name squads for the NatWest Series ODI & T20 [Official Media Release]

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England name squads for the NatWest Series ODI & NatWest International T20 England name squads for the NatWest Series ODI & NatWest International T20 The England selectors today announced the England squads for the forthcoming NatWest International Twenty20 fixture against India - Old Trafford, Wednesday August 31 - and the NatWest Series against India commencing at Chester-le-Street on Saturday September 3. The 14-man NatWest Series squad sees the inclusion of Durham's Ben Stokes, who made his international debut against Ireland in Dublin on Thursday, while Kevin Pietersen will be rested for the five-match series against India. The 13-man NatWest International Twenty20 squad includes two uncapped players in Somerset's Jos Buttler and Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales. National selector, Geoff Miller, said: "Across both squads we believe we've selected an exciting blend of experienced international performers along with some exciting young players with a great deal of talent. We will need to play a high quality brand of limited overs cricket against the World Champions India. "We're very excited to have included some bright young players in the form of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Alex Hales, all of whom have proved themselves domestically and will now be looking to successfully take the step up to international level. "The decision to omit Kevin Pietersen from the One-Day squad is in line with our policy of sensibly managing player workloads and will give the opportunity to another batsmen to test himself batting at number four." England NatWest International Twenty20 squad Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) Captain Ravi Bopara (Essex) Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) Jos Buttler (Somerset) Jade Dernbach (Surrey) Steven Finn (Middlesex) Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) Craig Kieswetter (Somerset) Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) Kevin Pietersen (Surrey) Ben Stokes (Durham) Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire) England NatWest Series squad Alastair Cook (Essex) Captain James Anderson (Lancashire) Ian Bell (Warwickshire) Ravi Bopara (Essex) Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) Jade Dernbach (Surrey) Steven Finn (Middlesex) Craig Kieswetter (Somerset) Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) Ben Stokes (Durham) Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire) Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)

[James]

Thanks MIG.

Pietersen 'rested' lol

[sakss]

GOOD ENOUGH to beat india

[malakian]

No James Taylor, i guess that failure yesterday cost him his place.

[Ducking Beamer]

What!! Why there is no KP? They are world champions

[sully3]

KP rested? hmm interesting

I shout BCCI conspiracy

[Bullet Drive]

Why is Ben Stokes there and not James Taylor?

[Watsupdoc]

KP "rested" shows what England thinks of India

[Bullet Drive]

Originally Posted by Watsupdoc KP "rested" shows what England thinks of India

Pieterson can't play ODI's lately... Rested rightly.

[akheR]

Jos Buttler has a really good List A average.

[farazaidi]

Its hard to imagine how the fortunes have changed for Woakes after splendid start to his int'l career

[Watsupdoc]

Originally Posted by farazaidi Its hard to imagine how the fortunes have changed for Woakes after splendid start to his int'l career

Agreed. By the way is doing bhangra in that avatar of yours? lol

[Watsupdoc]

Originally Posted by Bullet Drive Pieterson can't play ODI's lately... Rested rightly.

Well he's still an important player of the team. But ya I guess you are right. He has been struggling lately.

[farazaidi]

Originally Posted by Watsupdoc Agreed. By the way is doing bhangra in that avatar of yours? lol

Just chillin as always

[zains_rulez]

Oh it shows how England think of Indian strength at their home grounds