BLACKCAPS squad for ICC World Twenty20 2009 announced

New Zealand Cricket has announced the BLACKCAPS playing squad for the ICC World Twenty20 2009 competition, to be played in England in June.
The final squad of 15 is:
Daniel Vettori (captain)
Neil Broom
Ian Butler
Brendon Diamanti
James Franklin
Martin Guptill
Brendon McCullum
Nathan McCullum
Peter McGlashan
Kyle Mills
Iain O’Brien
Jacob Oram
Jesse Ryder
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Diamanti has yet to play in International Twenty20 matches, but was part of the T20 squad against Australia in February. He comes into the side after good form in this season’s State Shield, with a batting average of 47.6 and strike rate of 102, and a bowling economy rate of 5.77 in State Twenty20 games.
Four other players are recalled to the squad after being absent from the side which played two T20s against India: Peter McGlashan was part of the T20 squad in Australia in February, and last played against Sri Lanka in 2006; Franklin played against Australia in February, while Mills and Styris turned out in T20 games against the West Indies in December.
Head of the selection panel, Glenn Turner, said the fickle English climate had presented a challenge in selecting the side.
“We’re really not sure what conditions will prevail in early June,” he said. “But being able to take 15 players means we have hopefully been able to cover all angles.
“In selecting the side we have been particularly conscious of selecting players in the middle and lower order who are boundary hitters.
“We have retained aggressive but more orthodox batsman in the top order – and we’re looking for that extra aggression lower down the order as well.”
Turner said wicketkeeper-batsman Peter McGlashan had proven himself as a good improviser in the middle order, and was well suited to the 20-over game. “Brendon Diamanti is another whose skills fit the short game format – he’s a good striker of the ball an excellent fielder and has good skills with the ball.”
Jacob Oram had been selected on the assumption that he was fully fit, Turner said.
Any replacement or cover players will be selected from a wider 30-man squad which includes (in addition to the final 15):
Peter Ingram, Shanan Stewart, Aaron Redmond, Craig Cumming, Peter Fulton, Jamie How, James Marshall, Gareth Hopkins, Grant Elliott, Ewen Thompson, Tim Southee, Michael Mason, Warren McSkimming, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel.
The squad will travel to England in mid-May and will hold a training camp before the competition starts.
Warm-up matches begin on Monday 1 June, with New Zealand playing India at Lord’s, then facing Australia at the Oval the following day.
The ICC World Twenty20 opens on Friday 5 June. New Zealand’s group round matches are against Scotland on Saturday 6 June at the Oval, and South Africa on 9 June at Lords.