Josh Tongue and Chris Woakes have been handed the chance to show they should be in England 's team for the first Test against India after they were named in the Lions squad for Friday's tour match in Northampton.

Tongue featured in England's innings win over Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last month and has been added to the squad to face a strong India A side, which featured several Test players in the first tour match in Canterbury last week. Woakes took six wickets for Warwickshire in his recent comeback from an ankle injury and will step up his own preparations as planned.

England's seam stocks took a significant blow on Tuesday with the news that Gus Atkinson is a major doubt for the first Test, which starts on June 20 at Headingley, after straining his hamstring against Z

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