IPSWICH striker Darren Bent has been named in the England Under-21 squad for the matches with Serbia and Montenegro at Hull on June 2 and Slovakia at the Stadium Of Light on June 10.

By Mel Henderson

IPSWICH striker Darren Bent has been named in the England Under-21 squad for the matches with Serbia and Montenegro at Hull on June 2 and Slovakia at the Stadium Of Light on June 10.

Bent's former Ipswich team-mate Darren Ambrose, now with Newcastle, is also included.

The squad is: Bywater (West Ham), Evans (Chelsea), Lee (Watford), Ambrose (Newcastle), Ameobi (Newcastle), Bent (Ipswich), Chopra (Newcastle), Clarke (Everton), Cole (Chelsea), Crouch (Aston Villa), Dawson (Nottingham Forest), Defoe (West Ham), Heath (Leicester), Jagielka (Sheffield United), Johnson (West Ham), Konchesky (Charlton), McEveley (Blackburn), O'Neill (Portsmouth), Parnaby (Middlesbrough), Pennant (Arsenal), Prutton (Southampton), Sidwell (Reading), Tonge (Sheffield United), Zamora (Brighton).