Hampshire skipper James Vince has been called into England’s squad for the third and final One-Day International against India at Headingley on Tuesday. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday that Vince’s call-up would allow Dawid Malan to play for the Lions, England’s A side, in their four-day match against India A in Worcester starting on Monday.
In addition, 2019 World Cup hosts England have also released Surrey paceman Sam Curran from their ODI squad to play for the Lions. In his career so far, Vince has played 13 Tests and five One-Day Internationals for England but has yet to fix his spot in English squad despite having a phenomenal record at the county level.
England, the world’s top-ranked ODI team, leveled their three-match series against India at 1-1 with an 86-run win at Lord’s on Saturday that featured a century from star batsman Joe Root.
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The Lions match with India A will serve a great preparation ahead of England’s five-match Test series against India starting at Edgbaston on August 1. England managed to score 322/7 at the end of 50 overs while Indian team was bowled out for 236 runs (50 overs).
Starting from 0-1 behind in the three-match ODI series, English skipper Eoin Morgan decided to bat first after winning the toss. England openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow provided a good start as they put a 69-run opening partnership. Roy scored 40 off 42 balls while Bairstow played a 38-run knock off 31 balls.
Alastair Cook, England’s all-time leading Test run-scorer but no longer a white-ball international batsman has been included in the Lions side as has seam-bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes.
Surrey opener Rory Burns will be leading the squad at New Road.
