England Performance Squad named

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Monty Panesar is the notable omission from the ECB's 27-man England Performance Squad (EPS) that was announced on Tuesday ahead of the 2010 summer international season.
The EPS, which has been chosen by the England selectors, consists of 11 players currently on 12-month ECB central contracts, plus seven on increment contracts. Hampshire's Michael Lumb, who is a member of England's World Twenty20 squad, is the only player not capped at international level.
Four spinners have been named in the squad - with the recent Test pairing of Graeme Swann and James Tredwell joined by the legspinner Adil Rashid and the slow left-armer Michael Yardy - but Panesar's omission leaves him with ever more ground to make up if he hopes to be selected for a second Ashes tour at the end of the year.

Full contract James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Alastair Cook (Essex), Graham Onions (Durham), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matthew Prior (Sussex), Andrew Strauss (Middlesex), Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)

Increment contract Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Owais Shah (Middlesex), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex)

Uncontracted Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Joe Denly (Kent), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Michael Lumb (Hampshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Ajmal Shazad (Yorkshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Michael Yardy (Sussex)