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England Lions media opportunity and training

The England Lions will continue preparations for the opening match of their Australian tour with a training session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.

The Lions will play eight 50-over matches between 7 February and 1 March, including a five-game series against Australia A in Hobart and Sydney. Their opening match is against Victoria on Thursday at Junction Oval.

England Lions captain James Taylor will be available for a media opportunity at 2.30pm this afternoon at the MCG indoor nets. Training will start from 1pm.

2013 England Lions Tour

7 Feb: Victoria v England Lions, Junction Oval, 11am

11 Feb: Victorian XI v England Lions, Junction Oval, 11am

13 Feb: Victoria v England Lions, MCG, 11am

16 Feb: Australia A v England Lions, Blundstone Arena, 2pm

18 Feb: Australia A v England Lions, Blundstone Arena, 11am

22 Feb: Australia A v England Lions, Blundstone Arena, 11am

25 Feb: Australia A v England Lions, SCG, 11am

1 Mar: Australia A v England Lions, SCG, 2pm

England Lions squad

James Taylor (Nottinghamshire) (Capt)

Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)

Scott Borthwick (Durham)

Danny Briggs (Hampshire)

Varun Chopra (Warwickshire)

Rikki Clarke (Warwickshire)

Matthew Coles (Kent)

Ben Foakes (Essex)

Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)

Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire)

Stuart Meaker (Surrey)

Craig Overton (Somerset)

Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)

Ben Stokes (Durham)

Reece Topley (Essex)

James Vince (Hampshire)

Chris Wright (Warwickshire)

The Australia A squad is scheduled to be named later this week.