England will aim to arrest a poor record in Twenty20 cricket when they name their captain and 15-man squad on Friday for June's ICC World Twenty20.
Paul Collingwood is favourite to take the lead role, nine months after resigning England's one-day captaincy.
England host the second edition of the latest global cricket tournament.
The uncapped players from a provisional squad of 30 looking for call-ups are Graham Napier, Joe Denly, Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan and Adil Rashid.
A news conference has been called for 1315 BST at Lord's, when national selector Geoff Miller will reveal all.
Collingwood, who led England in 24 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 games, was at the centre of an ugly incident in a match against New Zealand last June during a year he described as the worst of his career.
In a tense climax during a one-day international at The Oval, Grant Elliott was given run-out after he was knocked to the ground colliding with England seamer Ryan Sidebottom.
The Durham all-rounder later apologised after his decision to uphold the appeal was deemed by some to be against the spirit of the game.
Although England were not always a roaring success under his leadership, there were impressive 50-over series wins at home to India and in Sri Lanka.
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