Hampshire’s Michael Lumb is the only uncapped player in a 27-man Performance Squad named by the England and Wales cricket Board.

The 11 players currently on 12-month central contracts and seven on increment deals are all unsurprisingly in the England Performance Squad list to cover this summer’s international season.

Lumb is in England’s squad for the impending ICC World Twenty20 and is expected to open the batting, although he has yet to play for his country.

The left-hander joins teammates Kevin Pietersen and Michael Carberry, who made his Test debut on the recent tour of Bangladesh, in the squad.

National selector Geoff Miller said: “The England Performance Squad is designed to allow the selectors to monitor the development of international players and better prepare them for the demands of the international game.

“The selectors can name up to 30 players in the EPS, but we have decided to keep three places vacant at present in order to give ourselves greater flexibility – and we will reserve the right to add further players to the squad if their performances in domestic cricket merit it.''

Several of the newcomers to the EPS are players who fared well on the recent tour of Bangladesh.

''We were delighted with the progress made by several younger players such as Craig Kieswetter, Steven Finn and Ajmal Shazad over the winter with either the England team or the England Lions squad – and their selections in the EPS reflect this,'' added Miller.

''James Tredwell and Michael Carberry have previously experienced the England set-up after making an impact at international level during the winter, and similarly Joe Denly and Liam Plunkett firmly remain in our plans over the course of the summer.

''From a limited-overs perspective, Michael Lumb and Michael Yardy have already been included in England's ICC World T20 squad for the forthcoming tournament in the Caribbean.''

England Performance Squad 2010: James Anderson (Lancashire) *, Ian Bell (Warwickshire) *, Ravi Bopara (Essex) +, Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) +, Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) *, Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham) *, Alastair Cook (Essex) *, Joe Denly (Kent), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Michael Lumb (Hampshire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) +, Graham Onions (Durham) *, Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire) *, Liam Plunkett (Durham), Matthew Prior (Sussex) *, Adil Rashid (Yorkshire) +, Owais Shah (Middlesex) +, Ajmal Shazad (Yorkshire), Andrew Strauss (Middlesex) *, Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire) *, Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire) *, James Tredwell (Kent), Jonathon Trott (Warwickshire) +, Luke Wright (Sussex) +, Michael Yardy (Sussex) * denotes 11 players on 12-month ECB central contracts + denotes seven players on ECB increment contracts