Former NZ allrounder Anderson in USA World Cup squad

The 33-year-old last turned out for New Zealand in 2018 and debuted for his adopted country in the home T20 series against Canada in April.

He played the last Big Bash League season for the Hobart Hurricanes.

The tournament co-hosts have retained wicketkeeper-batter Monank Patel as captain of their 15-man squad.

The team will play three T20s against Bangladesh in Houston before taking on Canada in the June 1 World Cup opener in Dallas.

USA T20 WORLD CUP SQUAD 

Monank Patel (capt), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Corey Anderson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Jessy Singh, Harmeet Singh, Noshtush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Ali Khan, Nisarg Patel, Milind Kumar.