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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.

While Crawley looked fluent as he made 62, Lees was much more watchful for his 65, making just one run off his first 36 balls.

A solitary moment of aggression came when he hit spinner Bryan Charles over long on for six, but it was virtually the only time he hit the ball in the air.

Lees also shared a 98-run partnership with England skipper Joe Root, who made 54 in his first innings since deciding to move up the order to number three.

Speaking after the day's play, Crawley was full of praise for his new partner, backing him to impress in Test match cricket.

"I've always rated Alex," Crawley said. "Always