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Reece Topley, James Vince included in England T20 squad to face New Zealand

Five players yet to play an international T20 match, including Reece Topley and James Vince, are named in England's squad to take on New Zealand at Old Trafford.

England have named five untested players in their T20 squad to face New Zealand at Old Trafford next week.

Sam Billings, David Willey, Mark Wood, Reece Topley and James Vince are all included in a side that will be captained by Eoin Morgan.

However, there is no place in the fold for former T20 skipper Stuart Broad, who recently insisted that he still has a big part to play for England.

Speaking upon the announcement of the squad, national selector James Whitaker said: "This match against New Zealand allows us another opportunity to look at players relatively new to international cricket as we look to build a squad for the World T20 in India this winter.

"The squad is made up of players who have demonstrated their ability in domestic cricket and fully deserve a chance to continue their progress against a very good New Zealand side.

"We have already seen our limited overs cricket begin to move in the right direction which is exciting but we are all aware that we have plenty more to do if we are going to challenge the very best sides in the world on a regular basis."

The T20 clash against New Zealand takes place next Tuesday in Manchester.

England squad in full: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Essex), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Northamptonshire), Mark Wood (Durham)

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