The England selectors announced a 14-man squad under the captaincy of Paul Collingwood for the NatWest Series and NatWest International Twenty20 against New Zealand in 2008.

NatWest Series squad:

• Paul Collingwood (captain)
• Tim Ambrose
• James Anderson
• Ian Bell
• Ravi Bopara
• Stuart Broad
• Alastair Cook
• Dimitri Mascarenhas
• Kevin Pietersen
• Owais Shah
• Ryan Sidebottom
• Andrew Strauss
• Graeme Swann
• Chris Tremlett
• Luke Wright

Their shirt numbers are as follows:

Collingwood 5
Ambrose 12
Anderson 9
Bell 7
Bopara 42
Broad 8
Cook 26
Mascarenhas 32
Pietersen 24
Sidebottom 78
Shah 3
Swann 66
Tremlett 33
Wright 45

Andrew Strauss was called up as cover for the injured Alastair Cook for the first ODI.