Hartley, 25, performed in all 5 of England’s Exams on their tour of India in January-March final yr, claiming 22 wickets at 36.13, together with a matchwinning 7 for 62 within the second innings of his debut at Hyderabad.
Nonetheless, he has not been known as upon since, with the offspinner Shoaib Bashir rising as England’s favoured possibility. Hartley did earn a call-up to England’s T20 World Cup squad in June, however didn’t characteristic within the workforce’s run to the semi-finals.
His damage is a blow to his hopes of staking a declare for a Check recall, notably with England’s senior workforce set to return to Australia in October for the 2025-26 Ashes. Each he and Bashir had been chosen for the Lions journey, which is able to characteristic three red-ball matches, together with an unofficial Check in opposition to Australia A in Sydney from January 30-February 2.
Hartley will now return to the UK, the place he’ll bear additional evaluation by the Lancashire medical groups. No substitute participant has been known as as much as be part of the squad.
The tour, which shall be overseen by Lions head coach Andrew Flintoff, begins in earnest on January 14, with a four-day fixture in opposition to a Cricket Australia Choose XI in Brisbane.
