Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed in England Lions squad
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England openers Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed have been included in the Lions squad to tour Sri Lanka in February and March.
Jennings, who scored a hundred on debut in the fourth Test against India, will captain the side in the four-day and one-day matches against Sri Lanka A.
Hameed played three Tests in India before suffering a hand injury and is in the four-day squad.
Fellow batsman Ben Duckett is in the Lions one-day squad.
Duckett played four Tests on England's winter tour before being dropped, but did make two half-centuries in three one-day internationals against Bangladesh.
Warwickshire legspinner Josh Poysden, who had been part of the Lions winter training squad in Loughborough and Dubai, is included in the one-day squad, having played just 16 List A matches in his four-year Bears career.
The Lions will play two four-day matches against Sri Lanka A and a five-match one-day series, though the schedule is yet to be finalised.
England squad for four-day matches v Sri Lanka A: Keaton Jennings (Durham, capt), Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire), Nick Gubbins (Middlesex), Tom Alsop (Hampshire), Tom Westley (Essex), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Craig Overton (Somerset), Ollie Rayner (Middlesex), Jack Leach (Somerset).
For 50-over series v Sri Lanka A: Keaton Jennings (Durham, capt), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Tom Alsop (Hampshire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Craig Overton (Somerset), Tom Helm (Middlesex), James Fuller (Middlesex), Ollie Rayner (Middlesex), Josh Poysden (Warwickshire).
- Published13 December 2016
- Published12 December 2016
- Published12 December 2016