# England Lions cricket team in India in 2018–19

The England Lions cricket team toured India in January and February 2019 to play two first-class matches and five List-A matches against the India A cricket team. India A won the unofficial ODI series 4–1, and the unofficial Test series 1–0.

## Squads

| Unofficial ODIs | Unofficial ODIs | Unofficial Tests | Unofficial Tests |
| India A | England Lions | India A | England Lions |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) (1st, 2nd and 3rd One day matches) Ankit Bawne (c) (for 4th and 5th One day matches) Anmolpreet Singh Ruturaj Gaikwad Shreyas Iyer Hanuma Vihari Ishan Kishan (wk) Krunal Pandya Axar Patel Mayank Markande Jayant Yadav Siddarth Kaul Shardul Thakur Deepak Chahar Navdeep Saini Ricky Bhui Siddhesh Lad Himmat Singh Rishabh Pant (wk) Deepak Hooda Rahul Chahar Avesh Khan K. L. Rahul | Sam Billings (c) Dominic Bess Danny Briggs Matthew Carter Zak Chappell Joe Clarke Alex Davies (wk) Ben Duckett Lewis Gregory Sam Hain Tom Kohler-Cadmore Saqib Mahmood Jamie Overton Ollie Pope Jamie Porter Will Jacks Tom Moores Tom Bailey Steven Mullaney | Ankit Bawne (c) (for 1st Test) K. L. Rahul (c) (for 2nd Test) Abhimanyu Easwaran Priyank Panchal Ricky Bhui Siddhesh Lad K. S. Bharat (wk) Jalaj Saxena Shahbaz Nadeem Mayank Markande Navdeep Saini Shardul Thakur Avesh Khan Varun Aaron Karun Nair | Sam Billings (c) Tom Bailey Dominic Bess Danny Briggs Zak Chappell Joe Clarke Alex Davies(wk) Ben Duckett Lewis Gregory Sam Hain Max Holden Tom Kohler-Cadmore Jamie Overton Ollie Pope Jamie Porter Amar Virdi Will Jacks Tom Moores |
Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore were dropped from the squad after their involvement in the Alex Hepburn rape trial, detailing their “sexual conquests” on WhatsApp, was revealed. They were replaced by Will Jacks and Tom Moores. Tom Bailey was added to unofficial ODI squad after Saqib Mahmood's visa was delayed due to his Pakistani heritage. Saqib was eventually withdrawn from the team. Steven Mullaney replaced Tom Moores in the unofficial ODI squad after Moores suffered a leg injury which ruled him out of the team. K. L. Rahul was added to the unofficial ODI squad after his suspension was provisionally lifted.

## Tour Match (List-A)
### 1st One-Day Warm-up Match: Indian Board's President's XI vs England Lions

* 18 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| England Lions 255/6 (50 overs) | v | Board President's XI 256/6 (49.2 overs) |
| Alex Davies 100 (124) Mayank Markande 3/41 (10 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 110 (125) Zak Chappell 3/53 (10 overs) |
* Board President's XI won by 4 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sabyasachi Sarkar (Ind) and Akshay Marathe (Ind)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd One-Day Warm-up Match: Indian Board's President's XI vs England Lions

* 20 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| England Lions 104 (22.3 overs) | v | Board President's XI 105/5 (21.2 overs) |
| Sam Billings 52 (56) Pankaj Jaiswal 4/16 (6 overs) | | Deepak Hooda 36* (45) Jamie Porter 5/36 (9 overs) |
* Board President's XI won by 5 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sabyasachi Sarkar (Ind) and Akshay Marathe (Ind)
* Board President's XI won the toss and elected to field.

## India 'A' vs England Lions List-A Series
### 1st Unofficial ODI

* 23 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| England Lions 285/7 (50 overs) | v | India A 288/7 (49.1 overs) |
| Sam Billings 108* (104) Mayank Markande 2/45 (9 overs) | | Ajinkya Rahane 59 (87) Zak Chappell 3/84 (10 overs) |
* India A won by 3 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Ind-A)
* India A won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Unofficial ODI

* 25 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| India A 303/6 (50 overs) | v | England Lions 165 (37.4 overs) |
| Hanuma Vihari 92 (83) Zak Chappell 2/47 (8 overs) | | Alex Davies 48 (63) Mayank Markande 3/32 (8.4 overs) |
* India A won by 138 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Ind-A)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd Unofficial ODI

* 27 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| India A 172 (47.1 overs) | v | England Lions 112 (30.5 overs) |
| Deepak Chahar 39 (65) Jamie Overton 3/34 (7.1 overs) | | Ben Duckett 39 (50) Krunal Pandya 4/21 (5.5 overs) |
* India A won by 60 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Ind-A)
* India A won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th Unofficial ODI

* 29 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| England Lions 221/8 (50 overs) | v | India A 222/4 (46.3 overs) |
| Ollie Pope 65 (103) Shardul Thakur 4/49 (10 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 73* (76) Will Jacks 2/35 (10 overs) |
* India A won by 6 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Ind-A)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th Unofficial ODI

* 31 January 2019 09:00 Scorecard
| India A 121 (35 overs) | v | England Lions 125/9 (30.3 overs) |
| Siddhesh Lad 36 (40) Jamie Overton 3/24 (7 overs) | | Ben Duckett 71* (86) Deepak Chahar 3/25 (5 overs) |
* Eng Lions won by 1 wicket Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Eng Lions)
* India A won the toss and elected to bat.

## Tour Match (First-Class)
### Two-Day Warm-up Match: Indian Board's President's XI vs England Lions

* 3 – 4 February 2019 Scorecard
* Board President's XI won by 152 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Chandrakant Mhase (Ind) and Ravi Subramaniam Iyer (Ind)
* Board President's XI won the toss and elected to field.
* Before the beginning of the match, it was decided that England Lions will bat 60 overs first and then India Board President's XI 30 overs on day 1, and vice versa on day 2.

## India 'A' vs England Lions First-Class Series
### 1st Unofficial Test

* 7 – 10 February 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn Krishnagiri Stadium, Wayanad Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Yeshwant Barde (Ind)
* India A won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Unofficial Test

* 13 – 16 February 2019 Scorecard
* India A won by an innings and 68 runs Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore Umpires: Nitin Pandit (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind)
* India A won the toss and elected to bat.