BRETT D'Oliveira's outstanding start to the 2016 campaign with Worcestershire has earned him his first England Lions call-up for the Tri-Series against Pakistan 'A' and Sri Lanka 'A' later this month.

Team-mate Joe Clarke has also received another call-up after an equally impressive opening three months to the season.

D'Oliveira has been converted from a late order batsman for the Seconds by coach Kevin Sharp just over two years ago into a first team opener by Director of Cricket Steve Rhodes with great success.

The 22-year-old is currently Worcestershire's leading run-scorer in the Specsavers County Championship with 605 runs at an average of 50 including a double hundred, a century and a 99.

But D'Oliveira's leg-spin skills have also been developing in addition to him being a destructive middle order batsman in NatWest T20 Blast cricket.

Clarke was first chosen for last winter's tour of the UAE when England Lions played five T20 and five 50 over games against Pakistan 'A'.

A calf injury meant the 20-year-old was only able to play in the opening T20 match and he enjoyed mixed fortunes in the 50 over series.

But his outstanding potential has again been evident this summer with 604 Championship runs at 50 with three centuries.

England will play both opponents twice between July 18 and 25 and the venue for the opening game against Pakistan 'A' - Cheltenham College - will be particularly poignant for Clarke.

It was there just over a year ago that he scored a double hundred for the Second Eleven against Gloucestershire which led to his elevation to the senior side - and he has not looked back since.

England squad: Dawid Malan (Middlesex, captain), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Ben Duckett (Northants), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Brett D’Oliveira (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Somerset), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), George Garton (Sussex), Sam Curran (Surrey) * to join squad for last two matches only.

Tri-Series fixtures: Monday, July 18 – Pakistan A v Sri Lanka A (Cheltenham); Tuesday, July 19 – England Lions v Pakistan A (Cheltenham); Thursday, July 21 – England Lions v Sri Lanka A (Northampton); Friday, July 22 – Pakistan A v Sri Lanka A (Northampton); Sunday, July 24 – England Lions v Pakistan A (Canterbury); Monday, July 25 – England Lions v Sri Lanka A (Canterbury).