Theo Walcott has been left out of Fabio Capello's England World Cup squad.

Walcott has endured an injury-troubled time since scoring his memorable hat-trick against Croatia to launch England's qualifying campaign in September 2008. The Arsenal winger's place in the squad goes to Shaun Wright-Phillips, whose Manchester City team-mate Gareth Barry has made sufficient progress in his recovery from an ankle problem to be included.

Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Darren Bent, Michael Dawson and Scott Parker were not expected to be involved and can now start booking their summer holidays, while Stephen Warnock is preferred to fellow left-back Leighton Baines.