Cricket Australia XI vs England Lions at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane is the second four-day match of England Lions' tour of Australia. The tour culminates with the third game, the ‘unofficial test match’ against Australia A.
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► Dates: Wed, Jan. 22 - Sat, Jan. 25
► Times: 12 a.m. GMT / 7 p.m ET (Jan. 21) / 4 p.m PT (Jan. 21) / 5.30 a.m. IST / 11 a.m. AEST
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England will hope their inexperienced batting line up fares better than it did in the first game of the tour, a seven-wicket defeat to Cricket Australia XI; or indeed last month when the Lions went down to a 284-run defeat to South Africa A.
Australia A and England Lions are viewed as being these respective nations' second XIs. However England have increasingly picked promising young players for the England Lions rather than necessarily players on the verge of the test team.
So watching England Lions games give a chance to see the next generation coming through, players who even ardent county cricket fans may be unaware of, let alone have seen play. However with the current England selectors keen to fast-track players to the Test side, as evidenced by the recent test selections of Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell and Josh Hull, these players could be in the full England side sooner than expected.
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The second four-day match of England Lions' tour will be live streamed on the Cricket Australia YouTube Channel.
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Australia XI vs England Lions 2025 squads
Cricket Australia XI squad: Charlie Anderson, Gabe Bell, Hugo Burdon, Jack Clayton, Sam Elliott, Cameron Gannon, Jayden Goodwin, Peter Handscomb, Lachie Hearne, Ryan Hicks, Henry Hunt, Rafael MacMillan, Corey Rocchiccioli, Jem Ryan, Tim Ward, Tom Whitney.
England Lions: Sonny Baker, Shoaib Bashir, Pat Brown, James Coles, Sam Cook, Alex Davies, Rocky Flintoff, Tom Lawes, Freddie McCann, Ben McKinney, Dillon Pennington, James Rew, Hamza Shaikh, Mitch Stanley, Josh Tongue, John Turner.
England Lions in Australia 2025 schedule
January 14–17 : vs Cricket Australia XI – lost by 7 wickets
January 23–26 : vs Cricket Australia XI, Allan Border Field, Brisbane
January 30 – February 2 : vs Australia A, Cricket Central, Sydney
Who are the teenage batsmen in the Lions squad?
Rocky Flintoff’s father Andrew captained England and is the current Lions coach. Sixteen-year old Rocky is a middle order batter who has played four first-class games for Lancashire in which he struggled, averaging only 12.
Right hander Hamza Shaikh, 18, has played four times for Warwickshire with a top score of 91.
Freddie McCann, 19, is a left hander who has already scored two centuries for Nottinghamshire despite only having played five games for them.
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