England opt for Twenty20 specialists

England have selected Warwickshire captain Darren Maddy and a raft of specialists for next month's World Twenty20 in South Africa.

The 15-man squad, captained by Paul Collingwood, includes James Kirtley, Chris Schofield, Jeremy Snape and Vikram Solanki, who all return to international cricket.

Luke Wright, the top scorer in this season's domestic Twenty20 competition with 346 runs at an average of 43.25, wins his first international call-up.

Andrew Flintoff is also included, subject to the Lancashire all-rounder making a full recovery from his recent ankle injury, along with Kevin Pietersen.

England's chairman of selectors David Graveney said: "Having reviewed the team's performances in the NatWest international Twenty20 matches against West Indies, the selectors felt it was necessary to include a number of players with greater experience of this format of the game in the squad to go to South Africa.

"The World Twenty20 tournament will be new ground for everyone and we feel that combining players with experience of one-day international cricket together with Twenty20 'specialists' will give us the best possible chance of success."

Chris Tremlett, Stuart Broad, Ravi Bopara, Ryan Sidebottom and Owais Shah and Matthew Prior complete the squad.