Liam Patterson-White has received his maiden Test call-up after being named in a 15-strong squad for England Men’s tour to South Africa next month.
Nottinghamshire Academy graduate Patterson-White, who was awarded an ECB development contract last month, is joined in the squad by international regulars Ben Duckett and Josh Tongue.
Meanwhile, Jack Haynes and Olly Stone have been named in England Lions’ squads for a concurrent tour of South Africa, which comprises both red-ball and 50-over matches.
Patterson-White’s call-up comes off the back of another outstanding season in Division One of the Rothesay County Championship, in which he was the leading spinner with 42 wickets at 25.11 apiece.
The left-armer, who received his Nottinghamshire cap at the end of the Championship-winning season last year, also hit two fifties and a century with the bat in 2026.
Tongue and Duckett, meanwhile, both retain their places from the Three Lions’ last Test assignment, a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan this summer, with the latter in line to earn his 50th Test cap in South Africa.
Following a warm-up match against a CSA XI between 9th and 11th December, the main three-Test tour of South Africa begins at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 17th December.
England Men’s National Selector, Marcus North, said: “We have selected a strong and balanced squad that is ready for the challenge of facing a South African team that are ICC Test world champions.
“We have also selected a strong England Lions squad, who will fly out to South Africa on 25th November for a preparation camp before three 50-over matches and two first-class games.
“Those players will benefit from experiencing South African conditions and ensure we have players who are fit and ready should they be required for the Test series.”
England Men v South Africa Men | Test Squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire, captain)
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Emilio Gay (Durham)
Dan Lawrence (Surrey)
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)
England Lions v South Africa Men A | Red-Ball Squad
Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
James Coles (Sussex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Henry Crocombe (Surrey)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
George Hill (Yorkshire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
James Rew (Somerset)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Mitch Stanley (Lancashire)
Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
England Lions v South Africa Men A | 50-over Squad
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Adam Finch (Worcestershire)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
George Hill (Yorkshire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
James Rew (Somerset)
Naavya Sharma (Middlesex)
Ekansh Singh (Kent)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)