Billings and Bell-Drummond set for England Lions home game
Saturday 23rd July 2016
Daniel Bell-Drummond and Sam Billings will wear the Three Lions on their home ground as England Lions play Pakistan A on Sunday and Sri Lanka A on Monday at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence.
England Lions have added the young Hampshire batsman Tom Alsop to their squad for the last two matches of the Tri-Series against Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A in Canterbury.
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The 20-year-old left-hander, who opened for England Under-19s last summer and has played regularly in Hampshire’s first team this season, replaces Joe Clarke, who has a side injury.
Alsop will link up with the Lions squad in Canterbury on Saturday, when Sam Curran will also join the squad, having been selected for the last two matches of the series only to allow him to play for Surrey last week.
Toby Roland-Jones, who joined the Lions after he was released from the England squad for the first Investec Test against Pakistan and has played in the first two matches, will also stay with the squad for the rest of the series.
The Lions won their first two matches of the Tri-Series in Cheltenham and Northampton last week, meaning they could secure top spot with a second victory against Pakistan A at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence on Sunday – before they play Sri Lanka A at the same venue in the last match of the series on Monday.
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England Lions squad: Dawid Malan (c), Sam Billings (wk), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Liam Livingstone, Brett D’Oliveira, Tom Alsop, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Toby Roland-Jones, Mark Wood, George Garton, Saqib Mahmood.