James Tredwell's stock continues to rise after he was named in the 15-man England Lions squad for the trip to the United Arab Emirates next month.

The 27-year-old uncapped Kent off-spinner will be available for the first four Twenty20 matches in Sharjah, before joining the senior one-day squad for the trip to Bangladesh in March, with the rest of the party being announced following the Fourth Test against South Africa which starts in Johannesburg on Thursday.

Tredwell was orginally called up as cover for Graeme Swann for the one-day series, then joined with the England Performance squad in Pretoria before re-joining the Test squad the week before Christmas, as doubts continued about the Nottinghamshire man’s fitness.

Former Kent team-mates Michael Carberry (Hampshire) and Peter Trego (Somerset) are also in the Lions squad, but there is no place for Rob Key, Joe Denly or Amjad Khan.