Opener Daniel Bell-Drummond and his Kent team-mate Sam Billings have been named in a 16-man England Lions squad for a five-match T20 series against Pakistan ‘A’ in the UAE in December.

Hampshire’s James Vince will captain the side in the series which gets underway on December 7.

Bell-Drummond was also named in an 18-man England Performance Programme squad.

Led by former England coach Andy Flower, the EPP winter programme will see all 18 players undertake a four-day training camp at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough in early November – before the squad divides into two specialist groups.

Bell-Drummond will be one of 12 players who will attend a two and a half-week long batting and spin camp in Dubai starting on November 11.