- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
SOMERSET and Devon’s Craig Overton has been named in both provisional 14-man squads for the England Lions tour to South Africa next year.
The squads will cover separate First Class and one-day legs of the tour which will include two four-day matches and five 50-over matches against South Africa ‘A’.
The tour opens with a three-day warm-up game against a South African Invitation XI at Soweto on January 5-7.
The fifth and final 50-over game is at Benoni on February 2.
Sam Robson (Middlesex), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire) and Kent’s young off-spinner Adam Riley, have all been included in the Lions squad for the two First Class matches at the start of the tour.
They will be replaced in the one-day squad by Lancashire’s Stephen Parry, Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) and Jason Roy (Surrey).
Yorkshire CCC’s opening pair Adam Lyth and Alex Lees are two of seven Yorkshire players included in both the multi-day and one-day Lions squads.
They are joined by fellow batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance, and the bowling trio of Jack Brooks, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid.
The squad will be coached by Sussex CCC’s Mark Robinson, following on from his stint in charge of the Lions in Sri Lanka at the start of this year.
A finalised Lions touring party and the captain will be confirmed after the England World Cup squad announcement in December.
National sSelector, James Whitaker, said: “We believe that the 17 players provisionally included across the two Lions squads for the tour to South Africa in the New Year incorporates an excellent mix of international experience alongside fresh young talent.
“For the likes of Sam Billings, Craig Overton and Adam Riley to be playing alongside Sam Robson, Gary Ballance and Jonny Bairstow in a Lions tour is an exciting prospect for the future of English cricket, and I am certain that all of the players will learn a great deal from the experience.
“Jonathan Trott’s exceptional form and run scoring exploits for Warwickshire at the end of the summer has resulted in his selection for the First Class fixtures at the beginning of the tour.
“Congratulations to him and to all of the players selected.”