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*Official* England Lions and Pakistan A in UAE 2018

Gomez656

U19 Cricketer
Four-Day Squad
Dom Bess, Sam Billings(c), Joe Clarke, Nick Gubbins, Max Holden, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Liam Livingstone, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Jamie Porter, Jason Roy, Josh Tongue, Amar Virdi and Mark Wood.



50-over and T20 Squad
Dom Bess, Joe Clarke, Alex Davies, Lewis Gregory, Nick Gubbins, Sam Hain, Max Holden, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Jamie Porter and Mark Wood.

Schedule:

November 18-21: Four-day match v Pakistan A, Abu Dhabi
November 25: First 50-over match v Pakistan A, Dubai
November 27: Second 50-over match v Pakistan A, Dubai
November 29: Third 50-over match v Pakistan A, Abu Dhabi
December 2: Fourth 50-over match v Pakistan A, Abu Dhabi
December 5: Fifth 50-over match v Pakistan A, Dubai
December 7: First T20 v Pakistan A, Abu Dhabi
December 8: Second T20 v Pakistan A, Abu Dhabi
 

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Bringing over a big squad for one proper match. Pffffff. Also can they just forget about Mark Wood already?
 

flibbertyjibber

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Seems a bit pointless picking Wood in this squad unless they are keeping him ticking over in the expectation of him being in the squad for Windies tour in the new year. Not like they don't know what he can do and may as well look at a youngster.
 

SeamUp

International Coach
Pity that Parkinson had to miss out due to injury. Like the look of him and he has output whereas Crane still needs a bit more of the latter.
 

FBU

International Debutant
Seems a bit pointless picking Wood in this squad unless they are keeping him ticking over in the expectation of him being in the squad for Windies tour in the new year. Not like they don't know what he can do and may as well look at a youngster.
If there is an injury in the squad in SL I expect Wood would be called up even though they hardly need 6 fast bowlers. He is the most experienced.
The Lions bowling will be Overtons, Wood, Porter and Mahmood (called up for the injured Tongue). Will Wood and Porter open the bowling?

Bowlers for the WI Test series would be the six now in SL.
 

Gomez656

U19 Cricketer
Un-official test matches are 4 day test soon India A will play in NZ ,(A)plus recently
NZ A vs Pak A series just concluded were all 4 day games.

ICC wants that way.ten out of 7 times results came in day 4, I follows all series in Global World of cricket
 

SeamUp

International Coach
Ollie Pope released from the test squad for this. Thought he would have made this squad from the beginning.
 

SeamUp

International Coach
The T20 & limited overs freelancers showing up the young 4-day scholars is becoming a theme world wide. We laugh when the selectors pick test squads from it but not sure we can for much longer.
 

Gomez656

U19 Cricketer
Ollie Pope more laughable than Ben McDermott ( aus) I wonder why he gets selected in English test team to SL ?

He was release yesterday for eng Lion out for 0.

Captain Bess and Billings digs in well vs spin
 

theegyptian

International Vice-Captain
Billings has a pretty average fc career but I reckon he'd do pretty well at test level as WK. Plays real pace well and plays good spin well. Decent keeper too. Has had a disjointed fc career coming in and out due to IPL/England ODI and T20, and Kent wickets have tended to favour the medium pace plodder. Has basically no chance of getting in the england test side though given the options.

Clarke another failure at lions level. Doesn't have a good record at this level.
Might have been worthwhile Clarke having the winter off the lions. I think he's been away every winter for a long time playing u19s, grade cricket, and then lions the last few winters. Have a bit of a break from the game and then start working at his technique with his new county.
It was interesting that Foakes had turned down the option of the lions this winter (before they called him up to the test squad), and was intending to have a break from the game, given he'd been playing cricket constantly for a few years.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
The bowling figures so far are so strange.

Wood going at 5 RPO and rest of bowlers about 1 RPO.
 
why is england reserves called lions never really understood that because it makes the main team sound like some sort of ****ter animal
 

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