Fabio Capello has named the Arsenal youngsters Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs in his squad for Wednesday's friendly against Hungary at Wembley.

The pair are joined in the 23-man squad by club-mate Theo Walcott, Manchester City's winger Adam Johnson and the Sunderland striker Darren Bent, who were all left out of the group that travelled to South Africa for the World Cup, along with Fulham's Bobby Zamora.

Only 10 of the World Cup squad have made it into this friendly line-up, with the goalkeepers Robert Green and David James not included and Liverpool's new signing Joe Cole also left out.

A revamped line up of strikers also includes Carlton Cole and Darren Bent in addition to Wayne Rooney.

Manchester United's Wes Brown and Phil Jagielka of Everton come in to bolster the defensive ranks.

Born on New Year's Day 1992, Wilshere will become the 10th youngest England international of all-time if he plays some part against the Magyars. The 18-year-old has already set a few notable landmarks in his fledgling career, including becoming Arsenal's youngest league debutant two seasons ago and being only the fifth 16-year-old to feature in the Champions League.

With five Under-21 caps to his name, he has already made a favourable impression on Stuart Pearce and his half-season on loan at Bolton last term did not go unnoticed by Capello.

"I am delighted to have been named in the England squad for the first time," Wilshere told the club website. "It is a real honour and I'm looking forward to the experience. But I am also realistic and want to take things one step at a time.

"Being called up to the England squad is a proud moment for me and my family, but my first target is to break into the Arsenal team and play on a regular basis. To achieve that, I need to keep my head down, work hard and stay focused."

Ashley Cole was one of the few to emerge from the South Africa trip with their reputation intact, so Gibbs's contribution at left-back will probably be as back-up. However, the Lambeth-born 20-year-old was already attracting Capello's attention last year and in all probability he would have made the World Cup squad ahead of Stephen Warnock had he not suffered a season-ending injury in November.

At 29, Zamora is not a youngster. However, Capello was keen to include the Fulham star in his provisional squad, only for injury to rule out that option. With Emile Heskey now retired and neither Peter Crouch nor Jermain Defoe considered due to Tottenham's Champions League commitments, Zamora was an expected inclusion.

The West Ham striker Cole has been around the squad before, as has Bent, although Gabriel Agbonlahor may consider himself unlucky. There was better news for another Aston Villa player, though, as Ashley Young has been recalled, with neither Shaun Wright-Phillips nor Aaron Lennon being retained.

Most of Capello's senior men are included, with John Terry keeping his place, even if his partner next week remains something of a mystery. At various stages of the World Cup, Ledley King, Jamie Carragher and Matthew Upson had the job.

All three have now been ditched, which would hint at a straight fight between Jagielka, who won the last of his three caps against Ukraine at Wembley last year before a serious knee injury put a halt to his blossoming career, and Michael Dawson, who was called into the World Cup squad as a replacement for injured skipper Rio Ferdinand but did not play a game.

England squad for the friendly match against Hungary on Wednesday: Foster (Birmingham), Hart (Manchester City), Robinson (Blackburn); Brown (Manchester United), Cahill (Bolton), A Cole (Chelsea), Dawson (Tottenham), Gibbs (Arsenal), Jagielka (Everton), G Johnson (Liverpool), Terry (Chelsea); Barry (Manchester City), Gerrard (Liverpool), A Johnson (Manchester City), Lampard (Chelsea), Milner (Aston Villa), Young (Aston Villa), Walcott (Arsenal), Wilshere (Arsenal); Bent (Sunderland), C Cole (West Ham), Rooney (Manchester United), Zamora (Fulham).