Somerset quick Craig Overton and Surrey seamer Sam Curran have been added to England’s ODI squad for the last two matches of the Royal London One-Day Series against Australia.
Both players will travel to Chester-le-Street on Wednesday and will be available for selection for Thursday’s match and the final match of the series at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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England’s Sam Curran picked up his maiden Test wicket against Pakistan on day one at Headingley[/caption]
The pair had been in the England Lions squad for the tri-series against India A and West India A, which starts in Derby on Friday.
Sussex quick Chris Jordan has now been added to the Lions squad, and will be available for the first two matches of the tri-series. Overton will then rejoin the Lions next week and will be available to play the remaining matches.
Amended Lions squad: Nick Gubbins (Middlesex), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Yorkshire), Sam Hain (Warwickshire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Steven Mullaney (Nottinghamshire, captain), Ben Foakes (Surrey, wk), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire), Reece Topley (Hampshire), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Chris Jordan (Sussex). *Craig Overton (Somerset) to replace Jordan after the first two matches of the series.
