Compton and Finn named in England Test squad

 

England selectors today announced a 12-man squad for the first Investec Test against Sri Lanka beginning on Thursday May 19 at Headingley, which includes Middlesex's Nick Compton and Steven Finn.

England 12 man Test squad

Alastair Cook (Essex) (Capt)

Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)

James Anderson (Lancashire)

Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire)

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)

Nick Compton (Middlesex)

Steven Finn (Middlesex)

Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)

Joe Root (Yorkshire)

Ben Stokes (Durham)

James Vince (Hampshire)

The squad will meet up on Monday May 16 in Leeds.

Middlesex's Eoin Morgan was also named in 30-man Performance Squad for the 2016 summer season, which was also announced this morning and includes the 22 players who are centrally contracted and incrementally contracted, plus an additional eight players, currently in the County system.

ECB Director of England Cricket, Andrew Strauss, added:

“This is the first time in two seasons we have selected an England Performance Squad. I feel that it is important that we do so to enable our staff to monitor effectively those players who are on our radar, but not necessarily part of one of the England teams. It is also important to point out that it does not confine the selectors to pick from this squad.”

England 30-man Performance Squad

Moeen Ali* (Worcestershire)

James Anderson* (Lancashire)

Zafar Ansari (Surrey)

Jonny Bairstow^ (Yorkshire)

Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire)

Gary Ballance^ (Yorkshire)

Ian Bell* (Warwickshire)

Sam Billings (Kent)

Stuart Broad* (Nottinghamshire)

Jos Buttler* (Lancashire)

Nick Compton^ (Middlesex)

Alastair Cook* (Essex)

Tom Curran (Surrey)

Liam Dawson (Hampshire)

Steven Finn* (Middlesex)

Mark Footitt (Surrey)

Alex Hales^ (Nottinghamshire)

Chris Jordan^ (Sussex)

Eoin Morgan* (Middlesex)

Jamie Overton (Somerset)

Liam Plunkett^ (Yorkshire)

Adil Rashid^ (Yorkshire)

Joe Root*(Yorkshire)

Jason Roy^ (Surrey)

Ben Stokes* (Durham)

Reece Topley (Hampshire)

James Vince (Hampshire)

David Willey^ (Yorkshire)

Chris Woakes^ (Warwickshire)

Mark Wood* (Durham)

*England Centrally Contracted

^ England Incrementally Contracted