ENGLAND OPT FOR ONE-DAY CUP ACES
By Phil Walker

Hooked: Somerset’s in-form batter James Rew will play for the Lions rather than spearhead his county’s One-Day Cup campaign
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STRUGGLING counties hit by call-ups to The Hundred faced further decimation after the England Lions squad to face the Sri Lankan tourists was selected predominantly from One-Day Cup players.
England have picked an inexperienced Lions squad for the four-dayer starting at New Road on Wednesday. Five teenagers have made the cut – Farhan Ahmed, Eddie Jack, Ben McKinney, Josh Hull and Hamza Shaikh – with the...