The young player Josh De Caires, who is the son of a player who had captained England, has received a call-up to an England Lions training camp for the first time.

Ten players, including the 21-year-old, have been named to the development squad for the first time. 21 players will travel to the United Arab Emirates for three weeks to hone their red-ball abilities.

De Caires picked up 27 wickets at an average of 25.59 in eight games in the County Championship, including seven and eight-wicket hauls.

The camp's goals are to get insight into the breadth of England's route and to provide high-potential players with growth opportunities that are specifically tailored to England's future demands.

Other first-timers include John Turner, Rishi Patel, Callum Parkinson, George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, James Coles, Tom Lawes, Dan Mousley, and Ollie Price.

“At the end of an enjoyable season and after close dialogue with players and counties, it’s exciting to confirm our group that will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training camp later this year. The camp will provide an excellent opportunity for the players to develop their red-ball game and allow us to learn more about them as people and players,” England Men’s Performance Director, Mo Bobat, said.

“In selecting the group, we’ve carefully considered England’s short and long-term needs in Test cricket, particularly with sub-continent challenges in mind. It’s quite a large group and it’s great that we can support player development in this way for what should be a fun camp.”

England Lions training group: Rehan Ahmed, George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Bohannon, Brydon Carse, Jack Carson, James Coles, Josh De Caires, Matthew Fisher, Tom Hartley, Lyndon James, Tom Lawes, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Matthew Potts, Rishi Patel, Ollie Price, James Rew, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, John Turner.