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Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out for four weeks due to an ankle injury and in his place Andrew Strauss has been named as the Captain for the One Day Series against Sri Lanka. England and Sri Lanka are engaged in a 5-ODIs Series starting on the 17th at Lord’s. There is also a Twenty20 International to be played on the 15th. The English Side has been packed with five new faces which include Glen Chapple, Tim Bresnan, Jamie Dalrymple, Ed Joyce and Alex Loudon. All the five have not played a single international game for England. Glen Chapple is an experienced all rounder from Lancashire and is a 32-year-old who bats right handed and bowls right arm medium pace. He has an enormous amount of experience with 586 first class wickets till date. Tim Bresnan is a 21-year-old all rounder from Yorkshire and he also bowls medium pace. Jamie Dalrymple is a 25-year-old all rounder from Middlesex who bowls offbreaks. Alex Loudon is another all rounder who also bowls off spin. He was a part of the England’s Test Squad during their Pakistan tour recently. Ed Joyce is an Irish and he is also an all rounder who bowls medium pace. Looks like England Selectors are more inclined in going for the multi dimensional players. But that hasn’t stopped them from giving a recall to their best fast bowler Steve Harmison. The regular Captain for England, Michael Vaughan who is playing first class cricket after recovering from his knee injury will have to wait till the Pakistan Series to make a comeback.
England One Day Squad : Andrew Strauss (Captain), Marcus Trescothick, Alastair Cook, Ed Joyce, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones (Wicket Keeper), Liam Plunkett, Alex Loudon, Jamie Dalrymple, Sajid Mahmood, Glen Chapple, Tim Bresnan, Steve Harmison