England selectors announced a 13-man squad to face New Zealand in the NatWest International T20 on Tuesday 23 June at Emirates Old Trafford.
Eoin Morgan will captain a squad that includes five players yet to play an international T20; Billings, Topley, Vince, Willey and Wood. Only Reece Topley and James Vince are not involved in the current ODI series against New Zealand.
National selector, James Whitaker, said: This match against New Zealand allows us another opportunity to look at players relatively new to international cricket as we look to build a squad for the World T20 in India this winter.
The squad is made up of players who have demonstrated their ability in domestic cricket and fully deserve a chance to continue their progress against a very good New Zealand side. We have already seen our limited overs cricket begin to move in the right direction which is exciting but we are all aware that we have plenty more to do if we are going to challenge the very best sides in the world on a regular basis.
England T20 squad
- Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (Capt)
- Sam Billings (Kent)
- Jos Buttler (Lancashire) (WK)
- Steven Finn (Middlesex)
- Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
- Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
- Joe Root (Yorkshire)
- Jason Roy (Surrey)
- Ben Stokes (Durham)
- Reece Topley (Essex)
- James Vince (Hampshire)
- David Willey (Northamptonshire)
- Mark Wood (Durham)
Tues 23 June: NatWest IT20 England vs New Zealand 6.30pm Emirates Old Trafford