Somerset off-spinner Dominic Bess has been called into the England Lions squad for the four-day section of their West Indies tour.

Bess, who had already been selected for the three-match one-day series against West Indies A in March, replaces the Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue, who is to see a consultant next week after aggravating an ankle problem during the Lions’ training camp in Australia before Christmas.

The Lions will hold a training camp at the Desert Springs Resort in Spain from 20-25 January ahead of their departure on 31 January for Jamaica, where they will play a three-day warm-up match at Sabina Park ahead of four-day matches at Trelawny and Sabina Park, before switching to Antigua for the third four-day match against West Indies A followed by the one-day series.

Tom Helm, the Middlesex seamer who has also been selected for the one-day series in West Indies but was not considered for the four-day section because of a hamstring problem that troubled him throughout the Australia camp, is to join the Pace Programme for the next month training in Loughborough.

Essex’s Jamie Porter will continue training with the Pace Programme ahead of the Lions’ camp in Desert Springs.

England Lions squads

For whole tour

Keaton Jennings (Lancashire, capt) 
Joe Clarke (Worcestershire)
Liam Livingstone (Lancashire) 
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Jamie Porter (Essex) 
Paul Coughlin (Nottinghamshire) 
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire) 
Nick Gubbins (Middlesex) 
Alex Davies (Lancashire, wk)
Dominic Bess (Somerset)

Red-ball only

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

White-ball only

Sam Northeast (Kent) 
Liam Dawson (Hampshire) 
Tom Helm (Middlesex) 
George Garton (Sussex) 
Matt Parkinson (Lancashire)

Itinerary

5-7 February: Tour match – Sabina Park, Jamaica   
11-14 February – v West Indies A: Trelawny Multiplex, Jamaica  
18-21 February – v West Indies A: Sabina Park, Jamaica 
26 February - 1 March – v West Indies A: Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua 
4 March: Tour match – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua 
6 March – v West Indies A: Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 
9 March – v West Indies A: Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 
11 March – v West Indies A: Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 

Pace Programme

Tom Barber (Middlesex)
Zak Chappell (Leicestershire)
George Scrimshaw (Worcestershire)
Paul Walter (Essex)
Reece Topley (Hampshire)
Jamie Overton (Somerset)

Jamie Porter (Essex) – preparing to depart for West Indies with Lions on 31 January
Tom Helm (Middlesex) – preparing to join Lions in West Indies in February

Schedule

3-5, 8-10, 15-17 January: Performance Centre, Loughborough
25 January – 9 February: Warm weather training camp, Potchefstroom
27 February – 3 March: Warm weather training camp, Desert Springs