Prior in Ashes squad

Sussex's Matt Prior was today named in England's 16-man Ashes training squad.

He will play in a strong England side against Warwickshire next week in a three-day match a week before the Ashes begins at Cardiff on July 8.

There is no place for Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright in the England Lions team to face the Australians at Worcester next week.

Neither Michael Vaughan or Steve Harmison have been included in the Ashes squad but the selectors have named three spinners including Yorkshire's leg spinner Adil Rashid.

England Test squad for the pre-Ashes camp: Andrew Strauss (captain) (Middlesex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravinder Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Alastair Cook (Essex), Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire), Graham Onions (Durham), Monty Panesar (Northamptonshire), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matt Prior (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire).

England team v Warwickshire at Edgbaston (July 1-3): Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann.

England Lions v Australia at Worcester (July 1-4): Ian Bell (captain) (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Joe Denly (Kent), Steven Davies (Worcestershire), Stephen Harmison (Durham), Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Stephen Moore (Worcestershire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Vikram Solanki (Worcestershire).