Shaikh and Mousley set for England Lions training camp

Hamza Shaikh and Dan Mousley have been included in England Lions’ squad for a winter training camp in South Africa and a four-day match against South Africa A.

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2024-10-03T14:57:28.000Z

The pair feature in a 19-strong party considered the country’s “highest potential players” for the trip between 20 November and 14 December.

Shaikh, aged 18, shone on his Lions debut in August when he hit 91 (204 balls) against the touring Sri Lankans at Worcester’s New Road.

And the call-up for Mousley means a packed autumn and winter schedule for the 23-year-old following his selection for England’s white ball series in the West Indies which gets underway in Antigua on 31 October.

That series concludes with a fifth IT20 in St Lucia on 17 November just three days before the Lions squad is set to assemble in South Africa.

The tour will mark the first for newly appointed England Lions Head Coach Andrew Flintoff who will lead the Lions over the next 12 months.

He said: “We’re delighted to have such a high-potential group of players heading to South Africa. In selecting these players, we have a mix of well-established performers who’ve been in the England setup and excelled in the domestic game, through to some of the most exciting young talent coming through.

“The camp will support and accelerate the players’ development, provide insight into various aspects of the international setup and aid their transition into future performance setups.”

A statement released by the ECB said ‘the training camp will focus on supporting the development of the highest potential players, with a focus on individualised and high-quality training’.

England Lions Squad

Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire)Zaman Akhtar (Gloucestershire)Kasey Aldridge (Somerset)Pat Brown (Derbyshire)Jafer Chohan (Yorkshire)James Coles (Sussex)Henry Crocombe (Sussex)Josh Hull (Leicestershire)Matt Hurst (Lancashire)Tom Lawes (Surrey)Freddie McCann (Nottinghamshire)Ben McKinney (Durham)Harry Moore (Derbyshire)Dan Mousley (Warwickshire)Dillon Pennington (Nottinghamshire)James Rew (Somerset)Hamza Shaikh (Warwickshire)Mitch Stanley (Lancashire)John Turner (Hampshire)