Calcutta: The ECB announced on Tuesday that Essex wicketkeeper James Foster, Gloucestershire pace bowler Steve Kirby and Nottinghamshire pace bowler Charlie Shreck have been called up to the England Lions squad for their forthcoming tour of India.

According to an ECB media release, the trio have been added to the squad following the withdrawal of Worcestershire wicketkeeper Steven Davies with a knee injury and his County colleague Kabir Ali with an ankle injury.

THE SQUAD

Michael Yardy (Sussex, captain), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Joe Denly (Kent), James Foster (Essex), James Hildreth (Somerset), Ed Joyce (Middlesex), Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire), Graham Onions (Durham), Monty Panesar (Northamptonshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Alan Richardson (Middlesex), Charlie Shreck (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).