Even as all eyes are keenly on the Ashes 2010 down under, the England selectors have announced the England ODI and Twenty20 squad for the series against Australia without too many surprises.
paul collingwood andrew strauss
England have made the one obvious change, bringing in rookie Chris Woakes to replace Stuart Broad who is injured and won't be part of the series. Otherwise, the teams are more or less predictable, barring the replacement of Ravi Bopara with Ian Bell while England continue to toy with the wicket keeper's role.
Craig Kieswetter finds himself restricted to keeping wickets in the Twenty20 format while Steve Davies has won the nod ahead of Matt Prior for the ODI format in the trial run before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Paul Collingwood retains the England Twenty20 captaincy while Andrew Strauss is limited to the ODI format as England's ODI captain.
England are the current champions in the Twenty20 format, having won the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in the Caribbean earlier this year.
England's Twenty20 and ODI squad for Australia tour
Andrew Strauss (England's ODI captain, will not play Twenty20 matches), Paul Collingwood (England's Twenty20 captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Steve Davies (England's ODI wicket keeper), Eoin Morgan, Craig Kieswetter (wicket keeper-batsman for England's Twenty20 team), Kevin Pietersen, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy
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