Yorkshire's former Oxfordshire fast bowler Jack Brooks has been selected in two provisional 14-man England Lions squads for the tour to South Africa early next year.
Brooks, 30, who took 68 wickets last season to help Yorkshire win Division 1 of the LV= County Championship, has been picked for both the separate first-class and one-day legs of the tour which will include two four-day matches and five 50-over matches against South Africa A.
Sam Robson (Middlesex), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire) and Kent’s young off-spinner Adam Riley, have all been included in the Lions squad for the two First Class matches at the start of the tour..
Yorkshire CCC’s opening pair Adam Lyth and Alex Lees are two of seven Yorkshire players included in both the multi-day and one-day Lions squads. They are joined by fellow batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance, and the bowling trio of Brooks, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid.
The squad will be coached by Sussex CCC’s Mark Robinson.
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