Kevin Pietersen has not been named in England's provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in September.

The batsman had recently announced his retirement from the limited overs format of the game.

However, some reports over the previous few days had claimed that the selectors were willing to consider the 32-year-old for the tournament.

That speculation was proved to be incorrect though with an announcement from the ECB this afternoon, revealing that Pietersen had not made the 30-man shortlist.

The number of players will have to be halved before the competition gets underway.

England's provisional Twenty20 World Cup squad:

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) (Capt), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Gareth Batty (Surrey), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Scott Borthwick (Durham), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Jos Buttler (Somerset), Alastair Cook (Essex), Steven Croft (Lancashire), Steven Davies (Surrey), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Stuart Meaker (Surrey), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Matt Prior (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex)