Kent bowlers Matt Coles and Adam Ball have been named in England squads after they were announced on Tuesday morning.
Coles has been named in the seventeen man England Performance Programme squad that will tour India this winter, whilst Ball has been named in the seven man squad for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament in Kowloon at the end of October.
Meanwhile, Kent spinner James Tredwell was once again unlucky to miss out on selection for the full England squad to tour India this winter with Monty Panesar and Samit Patel preferred in the sixteen man squad.
The squad includes two uncapped batsmen, Somerset’s Nick Compton and Yorkshire’s Joe Root.
National Selector Geoff Miller said: “Nick Compton has performed well consistently for Somerset in County cricket this season, made big hundreds and shown that he has the temperament and the technique to play at a higher level.
“Joe Root is a player who has been successful at every level from County cricket through to EPP and England Lions, and he deserves this opportunity to step up to the next level and press his case for a place in the Test side. “
Kevin Pietersen, who was omitted from England’s last Test Match of the summer against South Africa, has not been included in the squad.
ECB Managing Director – England Cricket, Hugh Morris, added: “Both ECB and England team management have had meetings with Kevin Pietersen to address the issues which led to his omission from the final Investec Test match against South Africa.
“These discussions remain private and confidential and as there are issues still to be resolved Kevin has not been considered for selection for the India tour.”
ECB Performance Director David Parsons said: “The England Performance Programme looks to identify and develop players that can go on to be world class cricketers for England in the future. This year, following a brief period of training at the National Cricket Performance Centre, Loughborough we have the opportunity to take players to the sub-continent to work on specific skills which will further their individual games.
“As in previous winters we will be shadowing the England team and their tour which is a model we have successfully used since 2006, providing England with a group of players that can be called upon should the need arise. The England Lions squad for the tour to Australia in February 2013 will be selected towards the end of this training camp in December.”
England Test Squad to tour India
Alastair Cook (captain) Essex
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Ian Bell (Warwickshire)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Nick Compton (Somerset)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Graham Onions (Durham)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Monty Panesar (Sussex)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Matt Prior (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)
England Performance Programme Squad to tour India
Jos Buttler (Somerset)
Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)
Scott Borthwick (Durham)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
Varun Chopra (Warwickshire)
Matthew Coles (Kent)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Ben Foakes (Essex)
James Harris (Glamorgan)
Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Stuart Meaker (Surrey)
Azeem Rafiq (Yorkshire)
Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
James Taylor (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Wright (Warwickshire)
England squad for Hong Kong Sixes
Tournament to be played at Kowloon Cricket Club, October 27th and 28th.
Josh Cobb (Leicestershire) – Captain
Adam Ball (Kent)
Keith Barker (Warwickshire)
Ben Brown (Sussex)
Chris Nash (Sussex)
Tom Smith (Lancashire)
Ross Whiteley (Derbyshire)
Andy Hurry – (Somerset) Manager
England Test Squad – Tour Itinerary
October
25 England squad leaves UK
26-28 Training at ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai
29 England squad arrives in India (Mumbai)
30-1 Nov Tour match (opponents TBC), Mumbai (CCI) (0400 GMT)
November
3-5 Tour match (opponents TBC), Mumbai (BKC) (0400 GMT)
8-11 Tour match (opponents TBC), Ahmedabad (SPS Navrangpura) (0400 GMT)
15-19 1st Test, Ahmedabad (Motera) (0400 GMT)
23-27 2nd Test, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) (0400 GMT)
December
5-9 3rd Test, Kolkata (0400 GMT)
13-17 4th Test, Nagpur (0400 GMT)