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England retain Shah and discard Ramprakash CricInfo - 17 October 2001
Paul Collingwood, Matthew Hoggard and Jeremy Snape have been rewarded for impressive performances on England's successful tour of Zimbabwe with places in England's squad for the one-day tournaments in India and New Zealand in January and February. Owais Shah, who faced only two balls in his solitary appearance on the Zimbabwe trip, has also been retained But Mark Ramprakash, formerly Shah's captain at Middlesex and now at Surrey, has been omitted. Ramprakash made 26, 6 not out, 47, 17 and 0 in Zimbabwe, while Shah was out without scoring in the fourth match. "I enjoyed the Zimbabwe tour but I don't think I did myself justice," Ramprakash told Sky Sports. "In the fourth and fifth matches I had an opportunity to make some runs and I didn't do that and we will just have to see how this squad goes. "I didn't really know the way that Nasser and Duncan are thinking about this. Owais is a very talented player and he had good innings against Australian and Pakistan over the summer and I was surprised he didn't get more of an opportunity in Zimbabwe, but he might on the India trip. "I suppose they've gone for more of a balance with young players. They've seen what I can do and I think now they trying some younger players. "I'm disappointed not to be in the squad, but I wish the squad well and I hope they get some good results." Yorkshire's Michael Vaughan is in the squad as cover opener as well as middle-order batsman, while Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick return, along with Craig White, who had to withdraw from the Zimbabwe squad. Ramprakash, Paul Grayson, James Kirtley, Ryan Sidebottom and Chris Silverwood are the members of the Zimbabwe squad to be omitted. Warwickshire slow left armer Ashley Giles, who missed much of last season following an Achilles tendon operation, is back in the fold, while Gloucestershire's Jeremy Snape, who made his international debut in Zimbabwe, is retained for the two-nation trip. © CricInfo Ltd.
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