England player availability

28 June 2008

Please note the following England player availability for the county schedule in the period leading up to the first npower Test match against South Africa at Lord’s, July 10-14.

Michael Vaughan: available for the LV County Championship match against Durham from June 29-July 2 and unavailable for the Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Essex on July 5.

Paul Collingwood: available for the LV County Championship match against Yorkshire from June 29-July 2 and unavailable for the Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Kent on July 4.

Tim Ambrose: unavailable for the LV County Championship match against Gloucestershire from June 29-July 2 due to a bruised left thumb.

James Anderson: unavailable for the LV County Championship match against Sussex from June 29-July 2.

Ian Bell: available for the LV County Championship match against Gloucestershire from June 29-July 2.

Ravi Bopara: available for the LV County Championship match against Derbyshire from June 29-July 2 and the Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Yorkshire on July 5.

Stuart Broad: unavailable for the LV County Championship match against Hampshire from June 29-July 2.

Alastair Cook: available for the LV County Championship match against Derbyshire from June 29-July 2 and the Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Yorkshire on July 5.

Kevin Pietersen: unavailable for the LV County Championship match against Nottinghamshire from June 29-July 2.

Owais Shah: available for the LV County Championship match against Northamptonshire from June 29-July 2 and the tour match against South Africa from July 4-6.

Ryan Sidebottom: unavailable for the LV County Championship match against Hampshire from June 29-July 2.

Andrew Strauss: available for the LV County Championship match against Northamptonshire from June 29-July 2.

Graeme Swann: available for the LV County Championship match against Hampshire from June 29-July 2 subject to fitness (right elbow).

Luke Wright: available for the LV County Championship match against Lancashire from June 29-July 2.