Teenager Thomas Rew has been named England Lions captain in the identical week he earned his first senior call-up and central contract.
It’s thought the 18-year-old will grow to be the youngest captain in Lions historical past when he leads the aspect in three T20s in opposition to West Indies A in St Kitts and Nevis in November.
Rew skippers a squad that features his older brother, James. Earlier this week, Thomas was given an England developmental deal and named in a full squad for the primary time for the T20 sequence in Australia.
Thomas, Hampshire seamer Eddie Jack and Sussex all-rounder James Coles are the three gamers who will probably be concerned on the Lions tour after which journey to Australia.
The Lions’ T20s within the Caribbean are adopted by 5 one-day matches, with the squad for that sequence captained by Take a look at batter Dan Lawrence.
Lawrence is joined within the one-day squad by seamer Sam Prepare dinner, as each males use the Lions tour as a part of their preparation for the senior group’s three Assessments in South Africa in December.
The elevation of Thomas Rew to Lions captain is an extra signal of the excessive regard he’s held in by the England hierarchy.
The wicketkeeper-batter skippered England Beneath-19s to the ultimate of the World Cup earlier this yr, then made his first two first-class a whole lot for Somerset in the course of the summer time.
Rew doesn’t flip 19 till 29 November. If he performs on the senior tour of Australia, he would grow to be the third-youngest man to make his England debut in any format after Rehan Ahmed and Brian Shut, and the youngest man to play for England in opposition to Australia.
Hampshire seamer Scott Currie can be a part of the T20 squad. Born in Poole, Currie performed three one-day internationals for Scotland in 2014 and his brother Brad has 39 caps for the Scots.
Scott was known as into England’s squad for a T20 sequence in Eire final yr. Though he didn’t play, he was subsequently barred from reverting to Scotland at this yr’s T20 World Cup as a result of he was named as an England substitute fielder in Dublin.
Former England batter Jonathan Trott is taking cost of the Lions’ winter excursions following the departure of former head coach Andrew Flintoff.
England Lions T20 squad for three-match T20 sequence v West Indies A: Thomas Rew (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Scott Currie, Adam Finch, Calvin Harrison, Jack Haynes, Eddie Jack, Ben Mayes, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, James Rew, Naavya Sharma, Ekansh Singh, Asa Tribe.
England Lions squad for 5 one-day matches v West Indies A: Dan Lawrence (captain), Rehan Ahmed, James Coles, Sam Prepare dinner, Mason Crane, Adam Finch, Jack Haynes, Eddie Jack, Ben Kellaway, Ben Mayes, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, James Rew, Thomas Rew, Naavya Sharma, Ekansh Singh, Asa Tribe.