Nasser Hussain
County: Essex
Age: 31
One-day internationals: 33
Runs: 744 (28.61)

For a player once renowned for dashing strokeplay and whose one-day international debut came as long ago as 1989/90, it is astonishing that Hussain has played in only 33 matches for England.

A quick look at his average (28.61) tells you why.

But his renaissance as a limited-overs force came not when he took over the captaincy on the national team, but when, as no more than an experiment to give themselves another option, the selectors tried him out as an opening batsman in a warm-up game for the World Cup.

He scored a few runs and the rest, as they say, is history.

The highlights so far have been fifties against Kenya and Zimbabwe in that position.

He is yet to score a century, an anomaly which, for England's sake, must end soon.

He must also learn to make more profitable use of the field restrictions in the opening 15 overs - his 50 against Kenya was reached in 87 balls.

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Chris Adams
County: Sussex
Age: 29
One-day internationals: 2
Runs: 24 (14.00)

He might be one of the new boys in the tour party but Adams is no spring chicken.

He is, however, also less likely than others to be intimidated. It is precisely because of his indomitable character and the ruthless simplicity of his strokplay that gained selected.

This was nowhere more evident than when playing for Sussex against Middlesex in the National League last season at Arundel.

One of England's most quintessentially rural grounds was transformed into a bullring with an innings of sheer brutality.

In all he hit the small matter of nine sixes and 15 fours in making 163 off 107 balls.

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Mark Alleyne
County: Gloucestershire
Age: 31
One-day internationals: 4
Runs: 76 (25.33)
Wickets: 3 (19.33)

At the ripe old age of 31, Alleyne's star is still rising.

This county stalwart has transformed himself from just another domestic pro into an international one-day allrounder and a highly respected England A captain.

It is in the county game, however, that he has left his greatest mark, not least last summer when he lead Gloucestershire to the limited-overs double.

While lifting the NatWest Trophy was his crowing glory, it was his blistering Benson & Hedges century, in front of a full house at Lord's, that made the greatest impression on the memory.

With Gloucester badly needing a sizeable total to defend, he hit a sparking 112 off 91 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes.

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Andy Caddick
County: Somerset
Age: 30
One-day internationals: 9
Runs: 35 (35.00)
Wickets: 15 (26.53)

Another who, despite being the wrong side of 30, has played in surprisingly few one-day internationals.

This is his chance, although with the World Cup over three years away, Caddick is not one for the future.

Has improved his batting to the point where he can be relied upon for solid support and, with a bit of luck, a few swipes of his own.

Despite his advance over the past two years, where he has taken close to 200 wickets in two domestic seasons for Somerset and England, he is still not wholly trusted.

Has it in him to be England's most dependable quick bowler.

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Mark Ealham
County: Kent
Age: 30
One-day internationals: 39
Runs: 446 (16.51)
Wickets: 46 (30.36)

There is no such thing as a one-day highlight for Mark Ealham.

In a sense his whole career has been a highlight in that he rarely fails to surprise you.

Perhaps, too, it has been a lowlight, a measure of his unassuming, six-dot-balls-an-over approach to cricket.

It is precisely for this dependability that England keep turning to him.

Whilst others come in with a bang only to whither away, the trundler from Kent keeps doing his thing and keeps being selected.

Though he his 30, he puts so little strain on his body in bowling that he has another World Cup left in him.

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Ashley Giles
County: Warwickshire
Age: 26
One-day internationals: 5
Runs: 17 (17.00)
Wickets: 5 (39.40)

Having committed to Giles for Sharjah and then the World Cup, it was only right that England continue with the left-arm spinner.

So far the jury is still out but, as the only recognised spinner in the party, he will doubtless be given every chance to state his case.

Can contribute with the bat but it will be with the ball that he must perform, more as a defensive link than as a wicket-taker.

Is young enough to be around for a while.

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Darren Gough
County: Yorkshire
Age: 28
One-day internationals: 65
Runs: 329 (11.34)
Wickets: 108 (23.88)

England's one true strikeforce with the ball, equally destructive at the start of the innings with close catchers in place as at the end when he fires in those inswinging yorkers that are as much a threat to batsmen's toes as they are to the stumps.

But Gough's one-day highlight came with the bat. It was when, with a broken foot, he hit 45 off 49 balls off the Australians at Melbourne in early 1995, including one audacious reverse sweep for four at a time when the stroke was still taboo, and England won by 37 runs.

Not only is it a reminder of happier times when the Yorkshireman was a reliable lower-order batsman, but it was also a time when he was perhaps at his peak.

His eight wickets in that World Series Cup cost him only 14 runs apiece.

That was his last match of the tour. With two five-wicket hauls, and five four-wicket hauls in his career, is the one consistently world class bowler England have.

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Gavin Hamilton
County: Yorkshire
Age: 24
One-day internationals: 0 (for England)
Runs: 0 (for England)
Wickets: 0 (for England)

Made the wrong sort of headlines before the World Cup when he became a human bartering chip between English and Scottish cricket authorities.

The English had him in their World Cup 30 at which point the Scots had to back down.

Then he was left out of England's final squad and the Scots stepped in to claim what was rightfully theirs.

The upshot was that Hamilton had a more successful tournament than he would have had with England.

Sure, Scotland lost all their matches but the Yorkshire allrounder showed that he was capable of mixing with the best of them, scoring his runs at average of 54.25, with two half-centuries and a strike-rate of 65.67, and more than doing a job with the ball.

Undoubtedly, the highlight was his 76 off 111 balls against Pakistan, including three sixes and three fours.

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Graeme Hick
County: Worcestershire
Age: 33
One-day internationals: 96
Runs: 3271 (38.94)
Wickets: 21 (38.28)

Should be the pivotal figure in the one-day side, closing in on 100 one- day caps and with five centuries under his belt.

Hick's one-day highlight came on last year's tour of Australia when, in the space four innings in the Carlton & United Series, he scored three centuries.

Unfortunately for England, his form deserted him in the final and England lost 2-0 to Australia.

Can still be destructive but rarely makes the most of the field restrictions at the start of the innings, preferring instead to play himself in.

Can do a useful job with his off spin and is equally adept at slip as he is sweeping the off-side boundary.

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Nick Knight
County: Warwickshire
Age: 29
One-day internationals: 44
Runs: 1619 (39.48)

Made such an impression in one-day cricket that, before last year's tour of Australia, he was seen as one of the best opening batsmen in the world.

Had such a miserable time of it that his average, comfortably over 50 at the time, has now dipped into the thirties.

Knight's career highlight was one glorious late summer's weekend in 1996 when he scored back-to-back centuries against Pakistan, the first and only time such a feat has been achieved.

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Darren Maddy
County: Leicestershire
Age: 25
One-day internationals: 2
Runs: 1 (1)

The talented Leicestershire batsman is still waiting his turn for a proper run in the side.

It was as an opening batsman in the first-class game that Maddy first made his name, when he could not help himself scoring runs for England A.

But it was a run of early-season one-day success for Leicestershire in the Benson & Hedges Cup that saw him called up to the one day side - as a middle-order batsman.

He played in two matches, came to the crease once in the closing moments, failed and, by the time the Test matches came alone, was deemed to be out of form.

Eventually earned a Test match debut against New Zealand last summer but the best is yet to come.

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Alan Mullally
County: Leicestershire
Age: 30
One-day internationals: 29
Runs: 46 (5.75)
Wickets: 38 (27.47)

Important to the side for the variation that he brings as a left-arm seam bowler.

Like Caddick, never wholly trusted but is now becoming an experienced one-day international bowler.

Can take wickets with the new ball but is prone to inaccuracy, particularly drifting down the leg-side to the right-handed batsmen.

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Chris Read
County: Nottinghamshire
Age: 21
One-day internationals: 0
Runs: 0
Wickets: 0

Read had seemed destined to carry the drinks as the replacement wicketkeeper, but the selectors have decided to build for the future by giving him the nod ahead of veteran number one, Alec Stewart.

Having been made first choice, it is doubtful that he will let anybody down, particularly as a nuggety lower-order batsman.

For England A last year he came in with his side struggling in all three one-day matches against Zimbabwe and finished with scores of 14no, 17no, 36 - enough to help secure a 3-0 series win.

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Vikram Solanki
County: Worcestershire
Age: 23
One-day internationals: 0
Runs: 0
Wickets: 0

As the star batsman of the recently completed England A tour, Solanki will have a chance not only to impress as a one-day player but as an England international of the future.

It is certain that he will be given his chance at some stage and, if he plays his cards right, this could be the start of something special for the Worcestershire batsman.

Has an elegant approach as a right-hander - now he has to show the temperament and score the runs to earn an extended run in the side.

One limited-overs innings stands out. With England A, chasing 263, apparently certain to lose the first one-day international against Zimbabwe last year, having slipped to 156-6 in the 38th over and then 222-7 in the 47th, Solanki scored a sublime 70 to win the match.

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Craig White
County: Yorkshire
Age: 30
One-day internationals: 15
Runs: 187 (14.38)
Wickets: 15 (29.66)

As Andrew Flintoff's replacement in the one-day squad, the selectors opted to swap like for like - a medium fast right-arm bowler who relies on surprising opponents for pace and bounce, and a free-scoring batsman who can be used anywhere in the batting order.

The principal difference is that, at 30, White is hardly a youngster in a squad which is not quite the breeding ground for the 2003 World Cup the selectors had originally anticipated.

There was logic, however, in the call-up of the Yorkshire allrounder once Flitnoff had been ruled out before the final Test match with a damaged foot.

White was in sparkling form for Yorkshire last season, particularly in the one-day game. His half-century in the semi-final of the B&H SuperCup was instrumental in taking his county to their first Lord's final for over a decade.

With the ball, his 33 dismissals in the Super Cup and the National League came at an average of under 17.50 runs per wicket.

Born in Yorkshire but raised in Australia, he played the last of his 15 one-day internationals almost two years ago.

Was probably at his peak during the one-day leg of England's tour to Australia in 1994/94 but returned home early through injury.