England Lions have announced their coaching group for the training camp in UAE from November 6-27 with Neil Killeen forming part of the staff for this months tour.
Killeen, Assistant Lead High Performance and bowling coach at Durham Cricket will be England’s pace bowling coach working alongside Jon Lewis.
The 47-year-old returns to the England coaching set up having previously worked with England ODI squad, England Lions and England under-19s and provides further opportunity for Killeen to work within the international game.
Ian Bell and Jim Troughton (Surrey) will lead the batting, Jon Lewis and Neil Killeen (Durham) will take the pace bowlers, Min Patel (Kent) will be in charge of spin bowling and Paul Tweddle (Somerset) will be fielding and wicket-keeping coach.
Graeme Swann will also form part of the coaching team for the first week of the camp as a mentor to support player development.
With the exception of Bell and Swann, who are consultants, and Jon Lewis, who is the ECB Elite Pace Bowling Coach, the coaching staff is seconded from the First-Class Counties.
Mo Bobat, ECB Performance Director, will lead the travelling group.
Bobat said: “It’s a really exciting staff team for a trip that I think will be of huge benefit to all of our players. There’s a wide range of experience to call upon, from across the game, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone come together this weekend.
“I’d like to say a huge thanks to the First-Class Counties who’ve been incredibly helpful in allowing us to second their coaches and support staff. I think appointments such as this are doubly beneficial in that the coaches and staff themselves can take learning from the experiences back into the English domestic game.
England Lions will depart this weekend. England Men will travel to Abu Dhabi on November 18 and will play a three-day practice match against England Lions from November 23-25.