The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has included Kevin Petersen in the list of 30 probable players for the Champions Trophy, which will be held in South Africa in September.

Kevin, who received injury during second test match of ongoing Ashes series, had undergone surgery of his Achilles on Wednesday and it will take at least six weeks for him to recover from the injury.

The injury forced Kevin to rule himself out of third and final test match of the Ashes series and England selectors have been hoping that he will be fit for the one-day series.

England and Wales Cricket Board selector Geoff Miller expressed confidence in his team saying that they have been confident to perform well in the ICC Champions Trophy as their team has been full of talented and experienced players.

The list of 30 probable players of England includes Andrew Strauss, James Anderson, Gareth Batty, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Steve Davies, Joe Denly, Andrew Flintoff, James Foster, Stephen Harmison, Ed Joyce, Rob Key, Michael Lumb, Sajid Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Graham Onions, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott and Luke Wright.