England Lions

[neil]

Congrats to our three lads. Youngish team - no Hameed (because of injury)


Dom Bess (Somerset), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham/Nottinghamshire), Alex Davies (Lancashire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), George Garton (Sussex), Nick Gubbins (Middlesex), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Keaton Jennings (Durham/Lancashire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Amar Virdi (Surrey), Tom Westley (Essex), Mark Wood (Durham

ETA

Jack Plom in Young Lions squad

[Valentines Park]

Not sure what the point of Wood & Westley playing is.

Lions should be about up & comers.

[neil]

Not sure what the point of Wood & Westley playing is.

Lions should be about up & comers.

Might be to have them available as cover for the main squad?

[Valentines Park]

Thanks to Stokes the Ashes cupboard is pretty bare anyway.

[essexfan548]

Well done Dan, Jamie and Tom 

They did say there would be a delay in anoouncing the team because of the Stokes incident but that may be why a couple of 'older' players are selected?

[jwb]

And to the coach although could be a bit of a concern given the current vacancy.

[Oldhasbeen]

Congrats to our boys.

A few left-field selections - Saqib Mahmood & Amar Virdi have only got a handful of games between them

Who's captain?

[Daren Mootoo]

I'd have loved to see Nick Browne in that line up.

[neil]

Who's captain?

Good question. It’s not obvious, anywhere.

Maybe Jennings? He captained the side against South Africa, I think

[essexfan548]

And to the coach although could be a bit of a concern given the current vacancy.

I think Silverwood knew some time back about this Lions role and he sees it as an opportunity to look at other young players ... great for us from both a recruitment or 'working their weaknesses out' perspective.

[IlfordEagle]

Can;t really argue with that squad,  although surprised that neither Rory Burns or the Curran Bros are  included.

[Oldhasbeen]

Not sure what the point of Wood & Westley playing is.

Lions should be about up & comers.

Might be to have them available as cover for the main squad?

Jennings is probably there for the same reason for when. sorry if, one of our top 3 become unselectable. Hopefully the tour will help him sort out his technique issues away from the spotlike of Tests.
Don't think it's a bad idea to have a few experienced hands to guide the young 'uns anyway.

Wood 's selection strikes me as a very different case form Jennings & Westley - whereas the latter 2 have had a crack at Test cricket and not proved they are up to it, Wood, if fully fit, is a terrific  bowler and would certainly be in the squad well ahead of the pie-chucker Ball.

[jwb]

Can;t really argue with that squad,  although surprised that neither Rory Burns or the Curran Bros are  included.

Tom has been allowed to go to t20 in SA and Aus. Probably a year too soon for Sam.

[Andy]

Yep.  Reflects the situation the county game is in at the moment.  A gap between those who've been tried and failed and another generation. Hopefully the younger players won't be messed around with by Team England.  Ultimately, we need batsmen who can play the new ball and spin, seamers with discipline and spinners who can turn the ball...personally, I'd like to travel the world, work for children's charities and...sorry that's my Miss World speech.

[Heisenberg]

That Lions team is very odd. Loads of better players not selected.

L. Dawson
Archer
T. Curran
S. Robson
Browne
Burns
Northeast
S. Patel
O. Stone
S. Curran
B. Coad

Why are they taking 3 spinners ?

Are Helm, Garton and Coughlin really better than some of those bowlers above ?