Josh de Caires, the son of former England captain Michael Atherton, has earned his first name as much as the England Lions squad for a winter coaching camp.
The Middlesex participant, 21, is certainly one of 10 new faces within the 21-player squad.
Amongst these picked for the primary time are Gloucestershire all-rounder Ollie Worth and Leicester batter Rishi Patel.
The camp can be held within the United Arab Emirates from 16 November to 7 December and can primarily deal with red-ball cricket.
De Caires started his profession as a top-order batter like his father, however discovered success as an off-spinner in the course of the 2023 season with Middlesex, together with taking seven and eight-wicket hauls within the County Championship.
His maternal grandfather Frank de Caires performed three Assessments for the West Indies in 1930.
Sluggish left-armer Callum Parkinson – twin brother of England spinner Matt, who final performed for the nationwide aspect in July 2022 – can be within the squad for the primary time, together with Hampshire quick bowler John Turner.
George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, James Coles, Tom Lawes and Dan Mousley are the opposite new faces.
5 gamers within the squad have Check expertise – Matthew Fisher, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue and Rehan Ahmed – whereas Brydon Carse has performed 12 one-day internationals and three T20s.
The camp coincides with the senior aspect taking part in a white-ball sequence within the West Indies.
“The camp will present a superb alternative for the gamers to develop their purple ball sport and permit us to study extra about them as folks and gamers,” mentioned England males’s efficiency director Mo Bobat.
“In deciding on the group, we have rigorously thought of England’s quick and long-term wants in Check cricket, significantly with sub-continent challenges in thoughts.”
England Lions squad: Rehan Ahmed, George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Bohannon, Brydon Carse, Jack Carson, James Coles, Josh De Caires, Matthew Fisher, Tom Hartley, Lyndon James, Tom Lawes, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Matthew Potts, Rishi Patel, Ollie Worth, James Rew, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, John Turner.