WELLINGTON, July 18: New Zealand named the following 30-man preliminary squad on Wednesday for the World Twenty20, to be held in Sri Lanka in September-October.

Squad: Ross Taylor (captain), Michael Bates, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew Ellis, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Roneel Hira, Anaru Kitchen, Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Andy McKay, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Tarun Nethula, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Daniel Vettori, Neil Wagner, B.J. Watling, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock, George Worker.—Reuters

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