Yorkshire’s Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad have been included in England’s final squad for next month’s ICC World Cup.

There was, however, no place for Bradford-born Adil Rashid, who was one of 15 players to be cut from the original 30-man party which was announced last month.

While the leg-spinner will again be left disappointed by the selectors’ decision, his two team-mates can now dream of adding a World Cup winner’s medal to the World Twenty20 title which they picked up last May.

Their inclusion was widely expected, with the only surprise in the final squad being the selection of wicket-keeper Matt Prior, who returns to the one-day fold at the expense of Steven Davies.

Former Yorkshire captain, and current Tykes’ team-mate Anthony McGrath, believes both Bresnan and Shahzad can be a success at the tournament on the Indian sub-continent.

“Both of them have been doing really well for England lately so it would have been a strange decision to omit one of them,” added the Bradfordian, who made 20 appearances for his country in 2003-04.

“I just hope they both get a proper run in the team now – then we will be able to see just how good they are.”

England have not won the World Cup since it was first launched in 1975, but they will head to South Asia in buoyant mood after winning their past six one-day series.

McGrath says these successes, coupled with England’s win in the World Twenty20 last year, means they will go into the tournament “as good as anyone.”

After two warm-up games against Canada and Pakistan, England start their World Cup challenge against the Netherlands in Nagpur on February 22.

They will then face five more group games, before hopefully qualifying for the quarter-final stages, which start in late March.

England’s 15-man ICC World Cup squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wicketkeeper), Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy.