The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced a provisional squad of 30 players for the ICC Cricket World Cup, which begins on Sunday 9 February in Cape Town, South Africa.

A final England squad of 15 players will be announced by Tuesday 31 December.

England 30-man squad:

1. Nasser Hussain (Essex)

2. Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)

3. Nick Knight (Warwickshire)

4. Michael Vaughan (Yorkshire)

5. Owais Shah (Middlesex)

6. Alec Stewart (Surrey)

7. Ronnie Irani (Essex)

8. Paul Collingwood (Durham)

9. Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire)

10. Craig White (Yorkshire)

11. Ian Blackwell (Somerset)

12. Jeremy Snape (Leicestershire)

13. Ashley Giles (Warwickshire)

14. Andrew Caddick (Somerset)

15. Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire)

16. James Kirtley (Sussex)

17. Robert Key (Kent)

18. Darren Stevens (Leicestershire)

19. Vikram Solanki (Worcestershire)

20. Anthony McGrath (Yorkshire)

21. Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan)

22. Adam Hollioake (Surrey)

23. Chris Read (Nottinghamshire)

24. Richard Dawson (Yorkshire)

25. Martin Saggers (Kent)

26. Kyle Hogg (Lancashire)

27. Kabir Ali (Worcestershire)

28. Stephen Harmison (Durham)

29. Ryan Sidebottom (Yorkshire)

30. James Anderson (Lancashire)