Lancashire's overseas recruit Neil Wagner has been named in a 13-man squad to face Cambridge MCCU in a three-day friendly at Fenner's next week.
The New Zealand pace bowler landed in England on Friday and is set to feature alongside James Anderson and Kyle Jarvis as part of a ferocious Lancashire bowling attack.
The Red Rose endured a tough three-day friendly against Somerset at Taunton Vale prior to this match, with rain restricting the amount of practice time available to both teams. There were promising displays from Haseeb Hameed, who demonstrated another determined innings at the top of the order, while left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan took four wickets in just ten overs.
Cambridge have not given the best account of themselves in recent pre-season fixtures, which should make the international class of Wagner and Anderson too much for them to handle. The university side were beaten by 523 runs against Essex last month before suffering another heavy defeat at the hands of Nottinghamshire, who are Lancashire's first opponents in the Specsavers County Championship this season.
A 512-run defeat came after Cambridge were skittled for just 52 in their first innings and 131 second time around against a merciless Notts outfit. It is therefore fair to say that Lancashire could enjoy a morale-boosting visit to Fenner's in a game that starts on Monday.
Lancashire 13-man squad:
Steven Croft (c), James Anderson, Karl Brown, Alex Davies (wk), Haseeb Hameed, Kyle Jarvis, Simon Kerrigan, Arron Lilley, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Luke Procter, Luis Reece, Neil Wagner.
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