Tongue and Hill get Lions call

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 with the squad in Northampton as planned.

Rehan Ahmed has left to join England Men for their Vitality IT20 series against West Indies, while Sonny Baker (ankle) and Josh Hull (bruised heel) are sidelined by injury. Zaman Akhter, Henry Crocombe and Dan Mousley return to their counties.

The match, which begins on Friday, will be exclusively streamed on ecb.co.uk and on the England Cricket app and signed in users can watch the action for free. England Lions played out a high-scoring draw in the opener at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence.

England Lions squad:

James Rew (Somerset – captain)

Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire)

Jordan Cox (Essex)

Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire)

Emilio Gay (Durham)

Tom Haines (Sussex)

George Hill (Yorkshire)

Max Holden (Middlesex)

Ben McKinney (Durham)

Eddie Jack (Hampshire)

Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire)

Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)

Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

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