USA name provisional Champions Trophy squad

USA today announced their provisional squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England this September.

The squad is mainly made up of the players who played in the Americas Cup and the matches in the Intercontinental Cup, of which USA still have a chance of qualifying for a semi-final spot after a defeat to Canada and a win against Bermuda.

USA begin their Champions Trophy adventure against New Zealand at The Oval in London on September 10, and then have the small matter of facing Australia, the world champions, at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire three days later.

USA provisional squad
Richard Staple (capt), Nasir Javed, Rahul Kukreti, Charles Reid, Zamin Amin, Jignesh Desai, Howard Johnson (wk), Donovan Blake, Aijaz Ali, Mark Johnson, Leon Romero, Amir Afzaluddin, Naseer Islam, Rohan Alexander, Rashid Zia, Steve Pitter, Rafey Kazi, Wasim Khan, Arjun Rajagopalan, Dawood Ahmad, Hasan Shah, Nirosh De Silva, Dave Hoilette, Khwaja Usman Shuja, V. Simone, Steve Massiah, Clayton Lambert, Abishek Powar, Imran Awan, Ramkishan Hanumara.