Lancashire quartet named in England Lions sqaud
The England Lions selectors have selected a strong 20-player squad for the two-match T20 series against Sri Lanka this week.
It includes four Lancashire players, with Saqib Mahmood named ahead of the IT20 series against Sri Lanka later this month. Luke Wood and Tom Hartley have also been picked, and Joe Moores has been selected for an England Lions squad for the first time.
The extended squad includes seven players named in the England Men white-ball squads to play Sri Lanka later this month. Tom Banton, James Coles, Aneurin Donald, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton and Mahmood are included from the T20 squad, with Henry Crocombe drafted in from the ODI squad.
England capped Mason Crane, Hartley and Wood are also included alongside three of the players who helped the Young Lions to the ICC U19 Men’s World Cup final earlier this year – Caleb Falconer, Ben Mayes and Moores.
The matches will be played at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground in Chelmsford and the County Ground in Beckenham on Friday 11 September and Sunday 13 September respectively.
Jonathan Trott is Head Coach for the series with a coaching staff of Troy Cooley, Graeme Swann, Ravi Bopara and Carl Hopkinson.
England Lions squad to play Sri Lanka – 20 players:
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Jafer Chohan (Yorkshire)
James Coles (Sussex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Henry Crocombe (Sussex)
Aneurin Donald (Derbyshire)
Caleb Falconer (Middlesex)
Tom Hartley (Lancashire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Will Jacks (Surrey)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Joe Moores (Lancashire)
Jamie Overton (Surrey)
Matthew Revis (Yorkshire)
James Sales (Northamptonshire)
Oliver Sykes (Surrey)
Paul Walter (Essex)
Luke Wood (Lancashire)
England Lions v Sri Lanka T20 series schedule:
1st T20: Friday 11 September, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford, 6.30pm start
2nd T20: Sunday 13 September, County Ground, Beckenham, 2.30pm start
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