England resists call to field Perth Test players in tour match as three Ashes squad members added to Lions side
England has resisted calls to have players from the first Test play for the Lions in the Prime Minister's XI match after Michael Vaughan said it would be "amateurish" not to.
On Monday evening, England announced three players from the Ashes squad – Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue – would be added to the side, but no one from the Perth XI.
Bethell and Potts both played for the Lions against Cricket Australia XI at Lilac Hill, Perth.
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The England Lions' clash against the Prime Minister's XI starts on November 29 and is a two-day pink ball match in Canberra.
The Lions players are travelling from Perth to Canberra on Tuesday.
It has been widely reported that the England squad will travel to Noosa before the Gabba Test.
After the disastrous finish for England at Perth, Vaughan implored the players to go to Canberra.
"It's amateurish if they don't go and play now," he said on BBC's Test Match Special.
"What harm is playing two days of cricket with a pink ball under lights?
"They've played two days of cricket. They've been out in the field for, what, 70 [67.3] overs? Look, they're professional cricketers. I can't be so old school to suggest that by playing cricket, you might get a little bit better.
" … My method would be, you've got a pink-ball, two-day game: you go and grab it, go and take it. Play those two days, and make sure that you're giving yourself the best chance."
On the ABC Cricket Podcast, Ed Cowan said the decision should be up to the individual but he didn't believe there would've been any harm in players from Perth heading to Canberra.
"This is a team, that in the last five innings', including three one-day games in New Zealand, hasn't batted for 50 overs," he said.
"What harm is it to send the batters who want to go have a hit against a pink ball to go have a hit?"
