1:40PM, Thu Jul 19, 2012

Durham Players Graham Onions, Ben Stokes And Scott Borthwick Named In England Twenty20 Squad

By James Craggs Location: Durham

Stokes, Onions and Borthwick in England T20 squad

Three Durham players have been named in England’s provisional squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in September.

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Graham Onions once again appears in the squad as he continues his return to international cricket.

Onions has featured regularly in the test-match squads and now appears in the provisional line-up for the shortest format of professional cricket.

All-rounder Ben Stokes is also named alongside spinner Scott Borthwick.

England are current holders of the World Twenty20 title and will face Afghanistan and India in the group stages.

This year’s tournament takes place in Sri Lanka.

Full England squad:

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) (Capt) James Anderson (Lancashire) Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire) Gareth Batty (Surrey) Ian Bell (Warwickshire) Ravi Bopara (Essex) Scott Borthwick (Durham) Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) Danny Briggs (Hampshire) Jos Buttler (Somerset) Alastair Cook (Essex) Steven Croft (Lancashire) Steven Davies (Surrey) Jade Dernbach (Surrey) Steven Finn (Middlesex) Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire) Stuart Meaker (Surrey) Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Graham Onions (Durham) Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Matt Prior (Sussex) Joe Root (Yorkshire) Ben Stokes (Durham) Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire) James Taylor (Nottinghamshire) James Tredwell (Kent) Chris Woakes (Warwickshire) Luke Wright (Sussex)