Bethell and Bashir to play in Lions four-day game
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Jacob Bethell and Shoaib Bashir will join the England Lions squad for the unofficial Test against Australia A.
The two members of England's Ashes touring party will play in the four-day match, which is being played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane from Friday.
The fixture will be Bethell's third appearance for the Lions on this tour, having represented them in the warm-up game against the senior England side prior to the first Test in Perth, and in matches against Cricket Australia and Prime Minister's XIs.
Bashir represented England in the first of those matches, playing for the first time since he injured his finger in the third Test of England's summer series against India.
He did not appear in any of the subsequent Lions fixtures, and batting all-rounder Will Jacks, who bowls off spin, has been selected ahead of him for Thursday's second Test at The Gabba.
The match against Australia A marks the end of the Lions tour, although England may choose to retain members of the squad should they sustain injuries in the second Test.
