Alex Lees is one of four players who could make their Test debuts during England 's tour of the West Indies this month and the Durham star has been tipped for success by his new opening partner Zak Crawley.
Lees is the newest opener England have turned to after Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed's poor showings in the Ashes saw them dropped and the 28-year-old impressed in a warm-up match against a West Indies President's XI.
Batting alongside the more aggressive Crawley, Lees was part of an 88-run opening partnership which was higher than any of England's during the Ashes.