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Auckland: New Zealand's selectors have named five uncapped players -- Nicol, Arnel, Scott, Stewart and Noema-Barnett -- in a 30-man probables squad for the upcoming World Twenty20 in the West Indies starting next month.
The squad, which will be reduced to 15 players by the end of March, features the Northern Districts pair of Brent Arnel and Bradley Scott, Canterbury's Rob Nicol and Shanan Stewart, and Central Districts' Kieran Noema-Barnett after solid performances in the domestic competition this summer.
"It's a big squad and we are covering all our bases," said New Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch in a statement. "Realistically there are 22-23 players there who have a good chance of making the final 15."
New Zealand currently have their share of injury worries for the ongoing ODI series against Australia as well as for the future. Jacob Oram was yesterday diagnosed with a patella tendon tear that could rule him out for up to a month, Jesse Ryder continues to battle a prolonged injury, and the fast bowlers Ian Butler, Kyle Mills and Andy McKay have also picked up niggles. All five have been named among the probables with hopes that they will be fit.
New Zealand will play their first match of the World Twenty20 against Sri Lanka on April 30, with Zimbabwe the other team in their group.
Provisional Squad: Daniel Vettori, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Brent Arnel, Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How, Peter Ingram, Michael Mason, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Andy McKay, Kyle Mills, Rob Nicol, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Aaron Redmond, Jesse Ryder, Bradley Scott, Mathew Sinclair, Tim Southee, Shanan Stewart, Daryl Tuffey.
