Paul Collingwood was dropped from both the England Twenty20 and one-day squads announced Tuesday for the upcoming fixtures against Sri Lanka. The veteran all-rounder retired from Test duty after England's victorious Ashes campaign in Australia but was included in the World Cup squad.
However, upon his return home after England's 10-wicket quarter-final thrashing by Sri Lanka, Collingwood was stripped of the Twenty20 captaincy - despite leading the side to the World Twenty20 title in the West Indies last year - and replaced as skipper by leadership novice Stuart Broad.
The 35-year-old Collingwood, a former England one-day captain, only recently returned to county action with Durham following a knee injury and England national selector Geoff Miller said: "Paul Collingwood has been an inspirational limited-overs cricketer for England over many years, and we still see a role for him in this capacity based on form and fitness.
"His omission is purely down to form over a period of time," added Miller, a former England off-spinner. "He has always brought a great deal to the England team, and we know he'll be working as hard as ever to reach peak form and fitness - with an England recall firmly in the forefront of his mind." Meanwhile wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter and all-rounder Samit Patel won recalls to both squads.
Kiewswetter replaced Matt Prior, England's Test gloveman who played at the World Cup. South Africa-born Kiewswetter, also a hard-hitting batsman, played a key role in England's World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean but then lost form and found himself out of international contention. Patel, 26, won the last of his 11 ODI caps in November 2008 and has finally accepted calls from the England management to improve his fitness. His ability as a second spinner will enable England to field another slow bowler in addition to his county colleague Graeme Swann.
Twenty20 squad Stuart Broad (capt), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Chris Woakes, Luke Wright
One-day squad Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Bell, Bopara, Broad, Dernbach, Finn, Kieswetter, Morgan, Patel, Pietersen, Swann, Jonathan Trott, Woakes
Fixtures
Jun 25: Lone Twenty20, Bristol
Jun 28: 1st ODI, The Oval
Jul 01: 2nd ODI, Headingley
Jul 03: 3rd ODI, Lord's
Jul 06: 4th ODI, Trent Bridge
Jul 09: 5th ODI, Old Trafford.
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