Lewis Gregory, Saqib Mahmood and Richard Gleeson ruled out of England Lions tour as Sam Cook is called up

The Essex seamer, who has been playing grade cricket, has been enlisted as cover after the trio were lost to injuries

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England Lions have lost captain Lewis Gregory, Saqib Mahmood and Richard Gleeson for the rest of the tour of Australia due to injury.

The trio will miss the final two scheduled four-day matches against Australia A in Melbourne and New South Wales second XI in Wollongong.

Essex quick Sam Cook will join up with the squad as cover having been playing grade cricket for Prahan CC in Melbourne.

He took 32 wickets during the 2019 County Championship as the Chelmsford club stormed to their second title in three years.

Somerset allrounder Gregory and Lancashire's Gleeson miss out after suffering calf and shoulder injuries respectively during the drawn game against a Cricket Australia XI in Hobart.

Gregory is now due to link-up with Peshawar Zalmi for a spell in the Pakistan Super League.

Furthermore, Mahmood will not join up with the squad in Australia after complaining of a sore knee while with England during the T20 international series in South Africa, having initially been called-up as a replacement for Jofra Archer.

Keaton Jennings will captain the side for the penultimate match of the tour before being withdrawn ahead of the Test series in Sri Lanka.

Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley and Dom Bess are also scheduled to leave after the match at the MCG, which starts on Saturday (February 22).