YORKSHIRE trio Tim Bresnan, Ajmal Shahzad and Adil Rashid have been named in England’s preliminary 30-man squad for next year’s cricket World Cup on the sub-Continent.

The squad will be halved on January 19 for the six-week tournament, which starts a month later.

England are drawn in a group alongside Bangladesh, India, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies.

They will play two warm-up games against Canada and Pakistan before beginning their World Cup campaign on February 22 against Netherlands in Nagpur.

Bresnan and Shahzad are currently part of the Ashes squad in Australia, while Rashid was last week drafted into the England Lions squad for next month’s tour of the West Indies.

National selector Geoff Miller said: “We have selected a squad of players with a strong track record in limited-overs cricket, for England or in the domestic game.”

England squad: Strauss (capt), J Adams, J Anderson, I Bell, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, P Collingwood, A Cook, S Davies, J Dernbach, S Finn, J Hildreth, C Kieswetter, M Lumb, E Morgan, S Patel, K Pietersen, L Plunkett, M Prior, A Rashid, A Shahzad, D Stevens, G Swann, J Tredwell, C Tremlett, J Trott, C Woakes, L Wright, M Yardy.