Tremlett in England’s 30-man Performance Squad

Tremlett has not played a Test since January 2012 against Pakistan in Dubai due to long-standing problems with his back, and his last first-class appearance came in July against Lancashire. Yet his inclusion – Tremlett is the only player named not to have featured in an England squad for the past 12 months – would suggest he still has an international future, provided he can prove his fitness. The 31-year-old played a key role in England’s 2010-11 Ashes success Down Under and captain Alastair Cook and team director Andy Flower will be desperate for Tremlett to feature again.

But Taylor’s immediate international future appears bleak, despite playing two Tests against South Africa last summer. The Nottinghamshire man was thought to have acquitted himself well with a gritty debut innings of 34 off 104 balls at Headingley, but he did not feature in India or New Zealand and captained England Lions in their disastrous one-day international campaign against Australia A, who won the five-match series 4-0, with the last encounter abandoned due to rain.

England Performance Squad 2012: A Cook (Test and one-day captain), Stuart Broad (Twenty20 captain), J Anderson, J Bairstow, I Bell, R Bopara, T Bresnan, D Briggs, J Buttler, N Compton, J Dernbach, S Finn, A Hales, J Harris, C Kieswetter, M Lumb, S Meaker, E Morgan, G Onions, M Panesar, S Patel, K Pietersen, M Prior, J Root, G Swann, J Tredwell, C Tremlett, J Trott, C Woakes, L Wright.