Jordan Cox and Dan Mousley will captain the England Lions’ T20 and 50-over squads respectively during next month’s white-ball series against Pakistan Shaheens in the United Arab Emirates.
The selectors have named a 17-player squad for the three-match T20 series, with a 16-player squad announced for the five 50-over matches.
T20 squad
Jordan Cox (Essex - captain)
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the updated Central Contract list for England Men’s international cricket.
A total of 30 players have been awarded England Men’s Central Contracts - comprising 14 England Two-Year Central Contracts, 12 England Annual Central Contracts, and four England Development Contracts.
England Men Centrally Contracted Players 2025–26
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The England Lions will play eight white-ball matches against Pakistan Shaheens in Abu Dhabi in early 2026.
The series will consist of three T20s and five 50-over matches. It will be the first time the Lions have played an away white-ball series since touring Sri Lanka in February 2023.
The opening T20 will be played on Friday 20 February, before the five-match 50-over series begins on Friday
An 18-player England Lions squad has been named for this winter’s tour of Australia.
The squad will assemble in Australia in early November ahead of matches in Perth, Canberra and Brisbane.
England Lions squad (18 players):
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Emilio Gay (Durham)
Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire)
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England Lions will stage development camps at the ECB Performance Centre (Loughborough University) before touring Australia at the start of the men’s Ashes series.
The Lions’ winter programme will begin with a Development Camp and Profiling at Loughborough (16-17 October) before a Pace Bowling Camp (21-22 Oct) and a Development Camp (27-28 October).
A Lions squad will then fly to Australia i
Josh Tongue and George Hill have been called up the England Lions squad ahead of this week’s second tour match against India Men A at Northampton.
Tongue has been drafted in after he was a part of England Men’s win over Zimbabwe Men in the first Rothesay Test, while Yorkshire all-rounder Hill returns to the squad after missing the opening match. Chris Woakes and Jordan Cox have both joined up w
Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Henry Crocombe (Sussex) and Max Holden (Middlesex) have been called into the England Lions squad ahead of this week’s four-day match against India Men A.
The trio have been bought in as cover for Sonny Baker, Chris Woakes and George Hill.
Baker is unavailable for the opening match, which begins in Canterbury on Friday, due to injury while Woakes is being reste
An initial 15-player squad has been selected for the England Lions’ two four-day matches against India A.
Somerset’s James Rew will captain the Lions for the first time with the opening match at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence in Canterbury from Friday 30 May. The second match will be staged at the County Ground in Northampton from Friday 6 June.
England Lions squad:
James Rew (Somerset
England Lions will play two four-day matches against India Men A this summer.
The first four-day match will be hosted at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence in Canterbury from Friday 30 May. The second match is scheduled to begin a week later on Friday 6 June at the County Ground in Northampton.
The Rothesay Men’s Test series between England Men and India Men begins at Headingley on Friday 20 J
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has awarded Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker a Men’s Development Contract, which will run until September 2025.
Baker, 21, will join Hampshire for the start of the 2025 season after previously playing for Somerset. The pace bowler has excelled over the winter, culminating in a successful England Lions tour of Australia last month, which caught the at
England Men’s Lions have confirmed a 16-player squad for their upcoming tour of Australia in January.
The England A tour features two four-day matches against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane, followed by a first-class Test against Australia A in Sydney.
England Men’s Lions Squad:
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Pat Brown (Derbyshire)
James Coles (Sussex)
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The England Men's Lions have confirmed a 19-player squad to tour South Africa from 20 November to 14 December. The camp will focus on supporting the development of the highest potential players, with a focus on individualised and high-quality training. The tour will conclude with a four-day match against South Africa A in Western Province. The tour is designed to further develop England's talent p
