England Take a look at captain Ben Stokes and all-rounder Moeen Ali will likely be a part of the England Lions teaching employees for his or her sequence towards Pakistan Shaheens within the United Arab Emirates subsequent month.

Stokes is at the moment recovering from an adductor damage he sustained within the fifth Take a look at towards Australia earlier this month, whereas Moeen takes on his first teaching position with the Lions.

Moeen and Stokes, who will proceed his damage rehabilitation within the UAE, will help head coach Andrew Flintoff for a three-match T20 sequence and 5 50-over matches towards Pakistan’s second string.

Moeen performed 298 matches for England earlier than retiring from worldwide cricket in 2024, however introduced on Monday he was cancelling plans to retire from home cricket and signing for Yorkshire.

Elite nationwide tempo bowling lead Troy Cooley, who rejoined the England set-up final week, former South Africa batter Neil McKenzie, ex-England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor, former Durham seamer Neil Killeen and Amar Rashid, brother of England spinner Adil, make up the remainder of the teaching get together.

Jordan Cox and Dan Mousley will captain the respective T20 and 50-over squads on the Lions’ first away white-ball sequence since touring Sri Lanka in 2022.

The pair are joined by fellow full internationals Saqib Mahmood, who is called within the T20 squad, and Matthew Potts, who will play within the 50-over matches.

Essex seamer Sam Cook dinner, who gained his one Take a look at cap towards Zimbabwe final summer season however missed out on the Lions touring get together that shadowed the Ashes squad, is called in each squads.

The extremely regarded James Rew, Asa Tribe and James Coles additionally function within the squads, whereas Scott Currie has been chosen after being dominated out of Scotland’s T20 World Cup squad.

“It is thrilling to have such a powerful England Lions squad chosen,” mentioned ECB males’s efficiency director Ed Barney.

“This group brings an actual mix of confirmed performers, thrilling expertise who’ve carried out over the winter and retains a watch on future greatest.

“With restricted 50-over cricket on supply, this sequence mixed with excursions over the rest of 2026 will give gamers the chance to develop and ship as we construct in direction of the 2027 ICC Males’s World Cup in South Africa.”

Rashid has beforehand coached England pathway cricketers and joins the Lions teaching employees for a spell earlier than returning to the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA), which has produced various gamers for county sides.

“We have seen simply what Amar is able to as a coach and it comes as little shock to us that his abilities have been recognised by these working the Lions arrange,” mentioned SACA founder Tom Brown.

“At SACA we’re enormously happy with the alternatives we have now created within the skilled recreation for not solely our South Asian gamers, however for our coaches too.”

The tour begins with the primary T20 match on 21 February, with members of the teaching get together attending both all or a part of the tour.