Cook was not selected for the full England ODI squad

Alastair Cook will lead Essex team-mate Ravi Bopara and 10 others in an England Lions squad to take on India A and West Indies A in a one-day tournament.

The three teams play each other twice before a final in Worcester on 8 July.

Surrey wicketkeeper Steven Davies is preferred to Sussex's Matt Prior, who has lost his spot in the full England one-day team to Craig Kieswetter.

Kent's 34-year-old batsman Darren Stevens is the only surprise name in the squad named on Monday.

Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott, like Cook a Test regular, also takes his place among the specialist batsmen.

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Trott's county team-mate Chris Woakes gets a chance to showcase his seam-bowling abilities and lower-order batting potential - while seven of the 12-man squad have already played for England in limited-overs cricket.

With the full England squad beginning a five-match one-day series against Australia on Tuesday, national selector Geoff Miller said there would be a flexible approach to picking players.

Miller stated: "There is scope for non-playing Lions squad members to return to their counties for fixtures when appropriate.

"We will also consider using non-playing members of the England one-day squad throughout the Lions series to give them match practice."

Squad: Alastair Cook (captain, Essex), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Steven Davies (wk, Surrey), Andrew Gale (Yorkshire), Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Darren Stevens (Kent), James Taylor (Leicestershire), James Tredwell (Kent), Peter Trego (Somerset), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

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