England Squad

England Squad:

Stuart Broad (c)                 Eoin Morgan (vc)
Moeen Ali                          Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara                      Tim Bresnan
Jos Buttler (wk)                Jade Dernbach
Alex Hales                        Chris Jordan
Michael Lumb                  Stephen Parry
Ben Stokes                     James Tredwell

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