ESSEX players Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara have been selected in the 30-man squad for England's Cricket World Cup team for 2011.

The squad will be halved on January 19 for the six-week tournament starting a month later.

The tournament is being hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

England's 30-man provisional squad for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup: A Strauss (capt), J Adams, J Anderson, I Bell, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, P Collingwood, A Cook, S Davies, J Dernbach, S Finn, J Hildreth, C Kieswetter, M Lumb, E Morgan, S Patel, K Pietersen, L Plunkett, M Prior, A Rashid, A Shahzad, D Stevens, G Swann, J Tredwell, C Tremlett, J Trott, C Woakes, L Wright, M Yardy.