Joseph's just the job

Kent fast bowler Robbie Joseph has been called up to the England Lions squad.

Kent quickie gets Lions call-up for New Zealand tour

Kent fast bowler Robbie Joseph has been called up to the England Lions squad after Amjad Khan and Ravi Bopara left to join the senior party in the Caribbean. The 27-year-old Antigua-born paceman will now travel to New Zealand to join the Lions as they prepare to face New Zealand A in a series of Test and one-day matches starting on March 1 in Queenstown. Joseph, a member of the England Performance Programme that travelled to India in November 2008, has been playing for the Leeward Islands in the West Indies Cricket Board Championship. National performance director David Parsons said: "Robbie has been part of the England Performance Programme since the training camps in India and Abu Dhabi before Christmas and was very unfortunate to miss out on selection for the original squad to tour New Zealand. "We're looking forward to his arrival and believe his presence will bolster what is already a very exciting bowling attack."