Buck again in Lions squad

Date: Friday 20 January 2012

Leicestershire CCC seamer Nathan Buck has been named in the England Lions squad for the forthcoming tour to Sri Lanka.

Buck retains his place after returning impressive figures of 2-2-0-2, 9-0-38-2 and 10-3-20-0 in the three games he played in Bangladesh. The paceman therefore ended with the fantastic average of 14.5 and a brilliant economy rate of just 2.76.

The Lions went down 3-2 and now face five ODI matches against Sri Lanka A, starting a week today (Friday, January 17).

There are a number of changes to the squad, with Jade Dernbach, Craig Kieswetter, Samit Patel and Chris Woakes coming in.

ECB National Selector Geoff Miller said: "The Sri Lanka tour will provide a further opportunity for us to assess players in the 50-over format before we finalise selection for the senior team’s one-day Series against Pakistan in UAE next month.

"Jade Dernbach, Craig Kieswetter, Samit Patel and Chris Woakes will be keen to use this tour to press their claims for a place in our One-Day Squad as will the other Lions players who recently completed the tour of Bangladesh."