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All-rounder joins Hampshire team-mates James Vince & Reece Topley
Hampshire’s Liam Dawson has received a call-up to the England Lions squad ahead of the five-match T20 series against Pakistan A starting next week.
James Vince, who has been in the UAE since mid-November as part of the England Performance Programme and was named man of the series in England’s 3-0 victory against the senior Pakistan team, had already been confirmed as captain of a squad which also includes Hants team-mate Reece Topley.
The Lions have lost four members of the 16-man squad originally selected in September, with Zafar Ansari and Lewis Gregory injured, David Willey released to play in the Big Bash and Chris Jordan promoted to the senior squad for the Test tour of South Africa.
They have been replaced by Dawson, former Hampshire spinner Danny Briggs, Tom Curran and Jamie Overton, all of whom have been on the EPP for the last three weeks, either in Dubai or South Africa.
For Briggs and Dawson – as well as Parry, Tom Westley and Dawid Malan - inclusion in the Lions squad will allow them to continue working with Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand captain who arrived in Dubai on Sunday to work with the spinners alongside the ECB’s head spin coach Peter Such.
We now switch from the Performance Programme, which has allowed the players to work intensively on their skills, to the first of two five-match series against Pakistan A. We welcome back the four guys who have been involved in the T20 series against Pakistan and congratulate all four of them on making significant contributions to England’s win.
Andy Flower, EPP & Lions Head Coach
The Lions are due to play a final warm-up match against a United Arab Emirates XI on Friday before the first match against Pakistan A next Monday.
England Lions squad:James Vince (captain) Hampshire, Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Sam Billings (Kent), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Somerset), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Stephen Parry (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Hampshire), Tom Westley (Essex), Ross Whiteley (Worcestershire).
