Sonny Baker included in Test tour of South Africa
Hampshire bowler Sonny Baker has been named in England Men’s Test squad for their tour of South Africa.
Fast bowler Eddie Jack and batter Ben Mayes will also tour South Africa with England Lions following their current tour of the West Indies.
Baker made his Test debut earlier this summer at The Oval against New Zealand and claimed three wickets. He has also featured heavily in England’s white ball teams, taking 12 wickets in six matches.
The 23-year-old joined Hampshire in late 2024 and has since taken 44 wickets in 13 County Championship games, including four five-wicket hauls.
England Men begin their tour of South Africa on 9 December, with the three-match Test series ending on 7 January.
Eddie Jack is currently on tour with England as they face Australia in a white ball series, which begins on Friday 13 November. Before that, he was part of England Lions’ tour of the West Indies alongside Ben Mayes and fellow Hampshire teammate Scott Currie.
In his two T20 matches against West Indies A, Jack claimed two wickets for 28 runs, while Mayes has scored 31 runs.
England Men’s Test squad v South Africa (15 players):
Joe Root Captain (Yorkshire)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Emilio Gay (Durham)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Dan Lawrence (Surrey)
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
England Lions red-ball squad (18 players):
Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
George Hill (Yorkshire)
James Rew (Somerset)
James Coles (Sussex)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Mitch Stanley (Lancashire)
Henry Crocombe (Sussex)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
England Lions 50-over squad (15 players):
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Adam Finch (Worcestershire)
James Rew (Somerset)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Naavya Sharma (Middlesex)
Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)
Ekansh Singh (Kent)
Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
George Hill (Yorkshire)
England Men’s Test tour of South Africa schedule:
December 9-11: Warm-up match v CSA XI; Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
December 17-21: First Test; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
December 26-20: Second Test; Centurion Park, Centurion
January 3-7: Third Test, Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
England Lions tour of South Africa schedule:
December 1: First 50-over match v South Africa A; Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg
December 4: Second 50-over match v South Africa A; Boland Park, Paarl
December 6: Third 50-over match v South Africa A; Boland Park, Paarl
December 10-13: First four-day match v South Africa A; Tuks Cricket Oval, Pretoria
December 18-21: Second four-day match v South Africa A; Willowmoore Park, Benoni