SOMERSET’s Dom Bess, Jamie Overton and Lewis Gregory have all been included in the England Lions squads for the tour to India across January and February 2019.

The trip will see all three Lions available for selection in five 50-over matches and two A 'Tests'.

Craig Overton misses out on selection as he continues to recover from a lower back injury that forced him to return home during the Lions tour of Abu Dhabi in November.

Gregory captained the side in one-day matches during the tour of Pakistan.

England Lions 50-over squad:

Dom Bess (Somerset)

Sam Billings (Kent)

Danny Briggs (Sussex)

Matthew Carter (Nottinghamshire)

Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire)

Joe Clarke (Nottinghamshire)

Alex Davies (Lancashire)

Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)

Lewis Gregory (Somerset)

Sam Hain (Warwickshire)

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Yorkshire)

Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)

Jamie Overton (Somerset)

Ollie Pope (Surrey)

Jamie Porter (Essex)

England Lions A Test squad:

Tom Bailey (Lancashire)

Dom Bess (Somerset)

Sam Billings (Kent)

Danny Briggs (Sussex)

Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire)

Joe Clarke (Nottinghamshire)

Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)

Lewis Gregory (Somerset)

Sam Hain (Warwickshire)

Max Holden (Middlesex)

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Yorkshire)

Jamie Overton (Somerset)

Ollie Pope (Surrey)

Jamie Porter (Essex)

Amar Virdi (Surrey)

Schedule:

January 23: 1st 50-over match v India A, Thiruvananthapuram

January 25: 2nd 50-over match v India A, Thiruvananthapuram

January 27: 3rd 50-over match v India A, Thiruvananthapuram

January 29: 4th 50-over match v India A, Thiruvananthapuram

January 31: 5th 50-over match v India A, Thiruvananthapuram

February 7-10: 1st A Test v India A, Wayanad

February 13-16: 2nd A Test v India A, Wayanad

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Kasey Aldridge, Lewis Goldsworthy, and Will Smeed, from the Somerset Academy, plus Tom Lammonby, who is on the playing staff, are currently out in India as part of the England Young Lions squad.

Smeed, who this week won the Harry Burden Award for Young Cricketer of the Year, scored 79 from 50 balls in the only match to have been played so far.