England have recalled Craig Kieswetter and Samit Patel to their limited-overs squads for the upcoming fixtures with Sri Lanka.
Patel back one limited-overs squads after three year absence
England have recalled Craig Kieswetter and Samit Patel to their limited-overs squads for the upcoming fixtures with Sri Lanka.
Kieswetter comes in for wicketkeeper Matt Prior, who is axed following England's World Cup campaign, and alongside all-rounder Patel has been named for Saturday's T20 international and the five-match ODI series.
Veteran Paul Collingwood has been left out while Luke Wright has also been omitted from the one-day squad.
Somerset's Kieswetter, a hard-hitting batting option at the top of the order, has been preferred to Surrey's Steve Davies with the gloves.
And Patel has finally returned to the international fold having not played since November 2008.
National selector Geoff Miller said: "Samit Patel has taken significant steps in the right direction and he has more hard work ahead in order to make further progress.
"Samit is one of a number of players, like Craig Kieswetter, who comes back into the limited-overs set-up on the back of some excellent form and plenty of hard work.
"Craig has been in exciting form for Somerset so far this year - and while Matt Prior has been outstanding in the Test team, we believe Craig will offer some real firepower with the bat along with his ability with the gloves.
"Paul Collingwood has been an inspirational limited-overs cricketer for England over many years, and we still see a role for him in this capacity based on form and fitness," said Miller.
"His omission is purely down to form over a period of time, and we look forward to him getting plenty of cricket under his belt for Durham as he presses to reclaim a place in the England limited-overs set-up.
"He has always brought a great deal to the England team, and we know he'll be working as hard as ever to reach peak form and fitness - with an England recall firmly in the forefront of his mind."
Surrey seamer Jade Dernbach's inclusion in both squads was widely anticipated but Steven Finn has also been named along with fit again all-rounder Chris Woakes.
England's new Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad is expected to be fit to lead his country for the first time, despite a minor last-minute scare when he had to spend some time off the field because of a bruised heel on the final day of the third npower Test at the Rose Bowl.
"The Twenty20 squad will obviously be led by Stuart Broad, who is extremely excited by the prospect of captaining his country in such a dynamic form of the game," said Miller.
"Stuart has a young and powerful side at his disposal and will be looking to build a team for the next World Twenty20 tournament, where England will obviously be defending world champions.
"We're hugely excited by this NatWest Series, which represents a new beginning in England's limited-overs cricket under the leadership of Alastair Cook.
"After the recent World Cup, which was a natural watershed, we'll be looking to play an exciting brand of limited-overs cricket against one of the best one-day sides in the world in Sri Lanka."
One-day squad: AN Cook (Captain, Essex), JM Anderson (Lancashire), IR Bell (Warwickshire), RS Bopara (Essex), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), JW Dernbach (Surrey), ST Finn (Middlesex), C Kieswetter (Somerset), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), SR Patel (Nottinghamshire), KP Pietersen (Surrey), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), IJL Trott (Warwickshire), CR Woakes (Warwickshire).
Twenty20 squad: SCJ Broad (Captain, Nottinghamshire), IR Bell (Warwickshire), RS Bopara (Essex), JW Dernbach (Surrey), ST Finn (Middlesex), C Kieswetter (wkt, Somerset), MJ Lumb (Hampshire), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), SR Patel (Nottinghamshire), KP Pietersen (Surrey), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), CR Woakes (Warwickshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).
