NEW England one-day international captain Alastair Cook will have his Essex team-mate Ravi Bopara in his squad for his first match as skipper.

Bopara, who was overlooked in favour of Eoin Morgan for the Test series against Sri Lanka, is included in both the Twenty20 and one-day squads for the limited-overs matches.

Craig Kieswetter and Samit Patel were also both recalled to England’s limited-overs squad.

Wicketkeeper Kieswetter replaces Matt Prior, from England’s World Cup campaign, and — like Nottinghamshire all-rounder Patel — is named in the squads both for the one-off NatWest Twenty20 at Bristol on Saturday and the following five-match one-day international series.

There is no place in either squad for veteran all-rounder Paul Collingwood, who retired from Test cricket at the start of this year and only recently returned to form and fitness after his knee injury.

National selector Geoff Miller said: “We’re hugely excited by this NatWest Series, which represents a new beginning in England’s limited-overs cricket under the leadership of Alastair Cook.

“After the recent World Cup, which was a natural watershed, we’ll be looking to play an exciting brand of limited-overs cricket against one of the best one-day sides in the world in Sri Lanka.”