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[the little ripper]

Below is the provisional 30-man squad named for the tournament which will be staged in Sri Lanka in September.

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) (Capt)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Gareth Batty (Surrey)
Ian Bell (Warwickshire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Scott Borthwick (Durham)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
Jos Buttler (Somerset)
Alastair Cook (Essex)
Steven Croft (Lancashire)
Steven Davies (Surrey)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
Stuart Meaker (Surrey)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Graham Onions (Durham)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Matt Prior (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
James Taylor (Nottinghamshire)
James Tredwell (Kent)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

[Manormanic]

Only surprises are Batty and Croft.

[Alvaro]

Joe Root?

[Vantage_Cricket]

Only surprises are Batty and Croft.

Would've thought Moore should've been in there out of the Lancs Openers.

[essexarsenal]

Good squad, very obvious who the 15 man squad will be. Few people left out, Stevens,Shah,Foster,Mascarenhaus maybe ?

Good to see Croft in there, had decent t20 year so far.

[essexarsenal]

Joe Root?

Has a bad t20 record too

[The_Bird]

Only surprises are Batty and Croft.

Croft deserves some recognition for sure, he's a superb fielder and captained his side for the last few years. Rory HB would've been in the side surely and Adil Rashid is well and truly off the radar.

[PedalsMcgrew]

Good squad, very obvious who the 15 man squad will be. Few people left out, Stevens,Shah,Foster,Mascarenhaus maybe ?

Good to see Croft in there, had decent t20 year so far.

Mascheranas is an odd one...I appreciate he's quite injury prone and he's not getting any younger but his bowling and lower order hitting would have been useful and he's probably got more T20 experience than the rest of the squad combined!

[Manormanic]

Has a bad t20 record too

but bowls decent offies, would be able to fiddle an over or two. The kind of guy who is in the 30 for encouragement rather than to be selected...

agree in part regarding Mascarenhas, would also have liked to see Steve Parry in there ahead of Briggs but like I say, very little you can really pick on.

[The_Bird]

Would've thought Moore should've been in there out of the Lancs Openers.

Massively unlucky but another Saffer would've been silly haha

[Manormanic]

Moore is nowhere near the requisite class!

[The_Bird]

Moore is nowhere near the requisite class!

Maybe not but weight of runs should be a factor.

[Colesy]

Owais Shah?

[Vantage_Cricket]

Owais Shah?

He's had his chance to be honest.

I hope Luke Wright gets picked. He's been superb in the T20 - would prefer him opening to Hales.

[ajmw89]

Glad that gareth batty has been selected.  Quality bowler and a thoroughly nice bloke to boot!