Surrey’s Dan Lawrence will captain England Lions in next month’s 50-over series against West Indies A at St Kitts and Nevis.
England Lions have named a 14-player T20 and a 17-player 50-over squad for the tour of the Caribbean, where they will play in three T20s and five 50-over matches.
Thomas Rew and Lawrence will each captain the England Lions in an official match for the first time. Rew, 18, will lead the T20 team while Dan Lawrence will be in charge for the five-match 50-over series.
The two squads include nine players who were announced amongst the new Central Contracts earlier this week. Rehan Ahmed, Sam Cook and Lawrence are on full Central Contracts with Mason Crane, Eddie Jack, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White as well as Coles and Rew on Development Deals.
England 50-over squad (17 players):
Dan Lawrence (Surrey – Captain)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
James Coles (Sussex)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Adam Finch (Worcestershire)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Ben Kellaway (Glamorgan)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)
James Rew (Somerset)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Naavya Sharma (Middlesex)
Ekansh Singh (Kent)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
England Lions T20 squad (14 players):
Thomas Rew (Somerset – Captain)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Scott Currie (Hampshire)
Adam Finch (Worcestershire)
Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)
James Rew (Somerset)
Naavya Sharma (Middlesex)
Ekansh Singh (Kent)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
England Lions Head Coach, Jonathan Trott, said: “I’m excited to get to work with a hugely talented group of players starting with this white-ball tour of the Caribbean.
“I’ve spoken about how important the Lions was in my career and now it’s my role to help prepare younger players for what lays ahead of them in international cricket.
“I also want to create a culture where England players will benefit from coming back and working in this environment to push for national team selection across formats and by performing and helping the Lions to win games of cricket.
“This squad has a mix of Centrally Contracted and Development Contract players which reflects some of the highest performing and most precious talent around the game.”
England Lions v West Indies A schedule (all timings are local):
1st T20: Sunday 1 November, Conaree Sports Club, St Kitts & Nevis – 9.30am
2nd T20: Tuesday 3 November, Conaree Sports Club, St Kitts & Nevis – 9.30am
3rd T20: Wednesday 4 November, Conaree Sports Club, St Kitts & Nevis – 9.30am
1st ODI: Saturday 7 November, Warner Park, St Kitts & Nevis – 2pm
2nd ODI: Monday 9 November, Warner Park, St Kitts & Nevis – 2pm
3rd ODI: Wednesday 11 November, Conaree Sports Club, St Kitts & Nevis – 9.30am
4th ODI: Saturday 14 November, Warner Park, St Kitts & Nevis – 2pm
5th ODI: Monday 16 November, Warner Park, St Kitts & Nevis – 2pm
