England’s selectors have opted for a blend of youth and experience for the forthcoming one-day series against Pakistan, by recalling Darren Gough to the squad at the age of 36, and offering a first international opportunity to Leicestershire’s 20-year-old Stuart Broad.
Gough is looking to extend his record of 157 ODIs by playing his first match for England since last year’s NatWest Series final against Australia, while Broad and Sussex’s Michael Yardy are the only uncapped players named in the squad.
Middlesex’s Ed Joyce returns to the England squad after suffering a series-ending ankle injury in England’s Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka in June, while Surrey’s Rikki Clarke has been recalled after last playing a limited-overs match for England in 2004.
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Squad
Andrew Strauss (capt),
Ian Bell
Stuart Broad
Rikki Clarke
Paul Collingwood
Alastair Cook
James Dalrymple
Darren Gough
Steve Harmison
Ed Joyce
Jon Lewis
Sajid Mahmood
Kevin Pietersen,
Chris Read
Marcus Trescothick
Michael Yardy