Duckett left out of Lions squad to tour West Indies

Northants batsman dropped in wake of disciplinary action

England and Northants batsman Ben Duckett has been omitted from the Lions squad to tour West Indies in 2018.

Duckett landed himself in hot water after pouring a drink over James Anderson’s head while the England players were at The Avenue nightclub in Perth.

Duckett – who has played four Tests for England – received a final written warning regarding his conduct and was fine the most allowable for a Lions player, in the region of £1,500.

An ECB spokesman said: "Ben Duckett has not been selected as a result of the off-field incident which led to his suspension and fine in Australia."

National Selector, James Whitaker, said: “We have selected a total of 22 players for these two series in the West Indies, to ensure we gain the most value in terms of assessing players in both first-class and one-day cricket.

“Haseeb Hameed, Jamie Porter and Toby Roland-Jones are all available again after injuries - Jamie and Toby after working exceptionally hard on the ECB’s Pace Programme over the last couple of months.

“Sam Curran missed out on the Lions training camp in Australia but he has also been training hard, under the supervision of Surrey’s strength and conditioning coaches, before going out to play T20 cricket in New Zealand.

“We have included two members of the Ashes tour squad, Ben Foakes and Mason Crane, for the four-day matches, with the possibility of either or both of them leaving the Lions tour early if they are selected in the England squad for the two Tests in New Zealand in March and April.

Lions squads

Whole tour: Keaton Jennings* (Lancashire), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Jaimie Porter (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Nottinghamshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Nick Gubbins (Middlesex), Alex Davies (Lancashire).

Red-ball only

Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Josh Tongue (Worcestershire).

White-ball only

Sam Northeast (Kent), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Dom Bess (Somerset), Tom Helm (Middlesex), George Garton (Sussex), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire).

Itinerary

February 5-7: Tour Match – Sabina Park, Jamaica

February 11-14 – v West Indies A – Trelawny Multiplex, Jamaica

February 18-21 – v West Indies A - Sabina Park, Jamaica

February 26 - March 1 – v West Indies A – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua

March 4: Tour Match – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua

March 6 – v West Indies A – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua

March 9 - v West Indies A – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua

March 11 - v West Indies A – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua

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