Hogg and Reece earn MCC slot.

It has been announced that Kyle Hogg and Luis Reece will feature in the Marylebone Cricket Club's squad as part of the T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi.

Lancashire's player and young player of the season had an incredibly successful 2013 and will play alongside ex-Lancashire legend Muttiah Muralitharan in a squad led by Indian batsman, Virinder Sehwag. 

The Lancashire men will also be playing against some of their fellow teammates, as well as Durham, Sussex and a Fly Emirates XI.

The annual champions four-day match will follow this tournament.

Predominantly a championship bowler, Hogg's absence in this warm-up tournament will allow Lancashire to trial a few other players, whilst the opening bowler continues to get vital practice.

However, with Stephen Moore's move to Derbyshire, it will be interesting to see how Reece plays in a limited overs fixture and shine a light on his potential to open in limited overs matches for Lancashire. 

Hogg was one of three Lancashire players to reach fifty wickets for the season, a feat also reached by skipper Glen Chapple and England debutant Simon Kerrigan, finishing the season with 60 Championship wickets at an average of just 18.42 runs per victim.

Hogg was trumped by Michael Hogan and Alan Richardson, with both men claiming more wickets in Division Two, but Hogg proved to be a vital part of Lancashire's return to the first division, with a number of key performances against promotion contenders, Northamptonshire. 

After a difficult start to the season, Luis Reece initiated himself as a regular in the first eleven, securing the uncertain role of opener alongside Paul Horton after several opening combinations were trailed. 

Reece proved to be one of the emerging talents from last season, scoring eight half-centuries, accumulating 722 runs from just 16 innings. 

Despite failing to make a maiden century for the Red Rose county, his average of 55.54 shot him towards the top of of the batting averages, along with Horton and Simon Katich, who finished top of the averages.

MCC squad travelling to Abu Dhabi: Virender Sehwag (India, capt), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, capt), Sam Robson (Middlesex), Luis Reece (Lancashire), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Prasanna Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Ollie Rayner (Middlesex), Andre Adams (Nottinghamshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Kyle Hogg (Lancashire), Monty Panesar (Essex).

The tournament begins on 21st March and, as always, reports and news of the tournament can be found here.