Solanki Named in Provisional ICC Champions Trophy Squad

The England selectors today named a 30 man provisional squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India this autumn, which includes Worcestershire Captain, Vikram Solanki.

The squad includes five players who are uncapped at One-Day International level: Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Mal Loye, Graham Onions and Michael Yardy.

Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney, said: "We have included a number of players who are currently recovering from injury in this provisional squad: James Anderson, Ian Blackwell, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles.and Liam
Plunkett.

"The medical advice we have received is that there is a good chance that they will be available for the tournament but we will need to review their progress before the squad has to be reduced to fourteen on September 7.

Thursday 10th August 2006
(WCCC website)