T20 World Cup record:
2007: Super Eights
2009: Super Eights
2010: Champion
Coach: Andy Flower
The defending champions come into the tournament with a very different squad to the one that won the title, and are without 2010 Player of the Tournament Kevin Pietersen.
Strengths: Belief, stemming from their positions as defending champions and from their recent performances against South Africa. They have a young but talented batting line-up to complement their more established and well-known bowlers.
Weaknesses: English cricketers tend to be somewhat uneasy on sub-continental surfaces, and for some of England's younger brigade it will be the first time they have played under those conditions in an international tournament.
The group match against India will be a good guide to how England will fare and how well they adapt to the conditions. They have proven domestic T20 players in their squad and have been a consistent T20 team for a few years now. Expect them to figure late in the tournament.
England Squad
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Stuart Broad (captain)
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Alex Hales
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Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper)
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Craig Kieswetter (wicketkeeper)
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Ravi Bopara
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Michael Lumb
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Tim Bresnan
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Eoin Morgan
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Danny Briggs
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Samit Patel
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Jos Buttler
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Graeme Swann
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Jade Dernbach
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Luke Wright
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Steven Finn
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