Today marked the announcement of the squad that will set foot in Australia this winter, and there were a few surprises. Monty Panesar was included in the squad for the first time in a while as the second spinner, and Kevin Pietersen, with smartphone at the ready, tweeted his way into the 16-man squad.
The touring party in full is as follows (county in brackets): Andrew Strauss (captain, Middlesex), Alastair Cook (vice-captain, Essex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steven Davies (wk, Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matt Prior (wk, Sussex), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Chris Tremlett (Surrey), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).