Kieswetter in for T20s as ECB names squad

England  World Twenty20 winning wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter is set to play as a batsman only in the upcoming two T20s against Pakistan.

Kieswetter was one of the stars in England's World T20 winning campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year where he both opened the innings and kept wicket. But the South Africa born Kieswetter struggled for runs when asked to open the innings during England's mid-season ODIs against Australia and Bangladesh.

Steven Davies is set to keep wicket in both the two T20s in Cardiff on Sunday and Tuesday and the subsequent five ODIs while Kieswetter has been dropped from the one-day squad entirely. Kieswetter had replaced Test gloveman Matt Prior in both limited overs formats this season.

Kieswetter will get an early chance to show his worth in the 50-over format after being selected for county side Somerset in their one-day tour match against Pakistan  at Taunton on Thursday. However, the match itself has been overshadowed by 'spot-fixing' allegations levelled against Pakistan by Britain's News of the World newspaper on Sunday. England won that match, and with it the series 3-1, after an innings and 225-run victory — Pakistan's heaviest Test defeat of all-time.

England announced squads for the two T20 and five ODIs against Pakistan:

T20 squad: Paul Collingwood (capt), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Steven Davies (wkt), Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann, Luke Wright & Michael Yardy
 
ODI squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), Anderson, Bopara, Bresnan, Broad, Collingwood, Davies (wkt), Morgan, Ajmal Shahzad, Sidebottom, Swann, Trott, Wright & Yardy

Fixtures:

Sept 05: 1st T20, Cardiff
Sept 07: 2nd T20, Cardiff
Sept 10: 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street
Sept 12: 2nd ODI, Headingley
Sept 17: 3rd ODI, The Oval
Sept 20: 4th ODI, Lord's
Sept 22: 5th ODI, The Rose Bowl