James Tredwell showed the England selectors he is ready to play a part for the senior side with three wickets in the Lions' comfortable Twenty20 defeat of United Arab Emirates A in Sharjah.

Tredwell will provide back-up to first-choice spinner Graeme Swann on the senior tour of Dubai and Bangladesh and collected three for 22 as the Lions cantered to a 52-run victory in their own tour opener.

The tourists had earlier put on 184 for five, with Michael Lumb (42) and Ian Bell (37no) among the runs.

South Africa-born wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter, tipped for senior honours in the near future, also impressed with 31 off 24 balls at the top of the innings.

UAE A were unable to get close to the target, ending their allocation well short on 132 for seven.

Tredwell's haul was backed up by Peter Trego's two for 14, while Adil Rashid also took a wicket.