It may have been a shock to some because I don't think he has played a a game under Capello, but he fully deserves it. He has almost single handedly kept his club team West Ham up, in the Premier League and as Capello always said, he will choose the squad on good current form. He has kept his word.
Here is the full Squad
England's 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup finals:
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green, Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock, Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.