By Ashley Williams
LONDON
(TheSportsNext) July 18, 2012: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
announced Wednesday a 30-man preliminary squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20
leaving out Kevin Pietersen.
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England preliminary squad for 2012 ICC World Twenty20
includes Stuart Broad, (captain), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Gareth
Batty, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Scott Borthwick, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos
Buttler, Alastair Cook, Steven Croft, Steven Davies (wicket-keeper), Jade
Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter (wicket-keeper), Michael
Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Graham Onions, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wkt),
Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Graeme Swann, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes,
and Luke Wright.
Kevin Pietersen, 32, had recently announced retirement from
One Day International cricket, following the ECB relieved him from Twenty20
International cricket as well and now he is only available for Test cricket.
The local media had reported in the past few days that Kevin
Pietersen did show his intent to represent England in the 2012 ICC World
Twenty20 but the ECB official remained firm on their principled stance that
only those players would be selected who are available for both ODIs and T20s.
The ECB will submit with the ICC its final squad of 15 on
August 18.
Kevin Pietersen is the most successful batsman to-date in
Twenty20 cricket as he boasts an average of 37.93 and has scored 1,176 runs.
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