Hampshire's James Vince Named as England Lions Captain for T20 Series

Reece Topley is also named in the 16-man squad with Hampshire spinner Danny Briggs featuring in the England EPP winter squad

Hampshire skipper James Vince has been named as captain for the 2015/16 England Lions winter tour programme.

The national selectors today announced an 18-man England Performance Programme squad and a 16-man England Lions squad with Vince set to lead a strong Lions squad which includes five players with international experience; Sam Billings, Chris Jordan, Stephen Parry, Reece Topley and David Willey.

The 24-year-old, who was yesterday named in England’s T20 squad to take on Pakistan this autumn, will captain the Lions team in a five-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan ‘A’ in the UAE in December. 

Hampshire spinner Danny Briggs has been named in the EPP squad whilst new Hampshire signing Reece Topley also features alongside Vince set to compete in the T20 series. 

Full Itinerary

Date

Format

Opposition

4.12.15

T20 warm up

TBC

7.12.15

1st T20

Pakistan “A”

10.12.15

2nd T20

Pakistan “A”

11.12.15

3rd T20

Pakistan “A”

13.12.15

4th T20

Pakistan “A”

16.12.15

5th T20

Pakistan “A”

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