England

After a desperately disappointing CWC 2007 campaign, England will be looking to bounce back in South Africa at the ICC World Twenty20.

But Peter Moores' side will have to overcome old adversaries Australia, as well as a young Zimbabwean side, if it is to progress to the latter stages of the competition.

England will look to Andrew Flintoff for inspiration, while Kevin Pietersen, the fastest man to 1,000 ODI runs in history and one of three English batsmen to have topped the LG ICC ODI batting rankings, will undoubtedly be hoping to make an impact in his country of birth in his first appearance in South Africa since scoring three fantastic ODI hundreds.

England's options with the ball are more limited and it will be looking for the likes of Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad, as well as spinners Jeremy Snape and Chris Schofield, to spring some surprises with the ball.

England has played six Twenty20 Internationals with mixed fortunes. It made an instant impact on the sport when it thrashed rivals Australia by 100 runs in its first Twenty20 match at the Rose Bowl.

Paul Collingwood's 46 off 26 balls and Pietersen's 34 off 18 balls helped England to 179-8, before devastating bowling from Jon Lewis and Darren Gough reduced Australia to 31-7, eventually being bowled out for 79 off 14.3 overs.

But in its next three games England didn't enjoy much success, losing to Sri Lanka by two runs and Pakistan by five wickets at home in 2006 and being defeated by Australia by 77 runs at the SCG in 2007

England then lost its opening Twenty20 match against the West Indies at the Oval in June 2007, but Owais Shah then steered his side to victory the following day.

While Twenty20 cricket has been played in England since 2003, central contracts mean that many of the country’s leading stars only have limited experience of this form of the game. Prior to the start of the 2007 county season, Pietersen had played just 14 county games, Flintoff nine while Collingwood made just four appearances in this format of the game.

And that is why England has chosen to select the likes of Darren Maddy, Jeremy Snape and Luke Wright to support some of their biggest stars.

England: Paul Collingwood (captain), Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, James Kirtley, Darren Maddy, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Chris Schofield, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Jeremy Snape, Vikram Solanki, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright.