The Nottinghamshire duo of Jack Blatherwick and Tom Moores have earned England Under-19s selection ahead of forthcoming matches against Sri Lanka.
Blatherwick, an 18-year-old fast bowler who toured Barbados with the Nottinghamshire first team in March and has played 13 matches for the Second XI this season, is set for his England Under-19s debut in the Royal London One-Day Series.
Moores - who has posted scores of 155, 139 and 55 in three Second XI appearances since returning from a short loan spell with Lancashire, taking his season’s tally to 808 - will also feature in the white ball series.
Moores is one of three players in that squad to have played county cricket this season – in his case during a loan spell with Lancashire in the NatWest T20 Blast. The others are Gloucestershire’s George Hankins - who like Moores and Bartlett attended Millfield School – and the Essex seamer Aaron Beard. Middlesex opener Max Holden has been named as captain.
David Graveney OBE, the chairman of selectors of the England Development Programme, said: “We always work closely with counties to decide what is best for the development of each player, and it has been pleasing to see that 14 players who represented England Under-19s over the last 12 months have played first-team cricket this season, including 11 of the 15 we took to the World Cup in Bangladesh – and in many cases have already made significant contributions.
“Clearly we took that into account in selecting this squad, and that has led to opportunities for a number of other players.”
The Under-19s, under the supervision of the head of the EDP Andy Hurry, will meet up for a two-day match against Unicorns in Loughborough on July 21-22, before facing Sri Lanka in the first of the two four-day games at Fenner’s, the University Cricket Ground in Cambridge.
England Under-19s four day squad to face Sri Lanka:
Max Holden (Middlesex, captain), Josh Dell, Zen Malik, Josh Tongue, Ben Twohig, Ollie Westbury (all Worcestershire), George Hankins (Gloucestershire), George Bartlett (Somerset), Ollie Pope (wk), Amar Verdi (both Surrey), George Panayi (Warwickshire), Aaron Beard (Essex), Ed Barnes (Yorkshire), Josh Coughlin (Durham).
England Under-19s squad to face Sri Lanka in the Royal London One-Day Series: Max Holden (Middlesex, captain), Josh Dell, Zen Malik, Josh Tongue, Ben Twohig (all Worcestershire), George Hankins (Gloucestershire), George Bartlett, Dom Bess, Ben Green (all Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey, wk), Aaron Beard (Essex), Ed Barnes (Yorkshire), Tom Moores (wk), Jack Blatherwick (both Nottinghamshire).
Fixtures
July 21-22 v Unicorns (Loughborough)
July 26-29 v Sri Lanka Under-19s (Cambridge)
August 3-6 v Sri Lanka Under-19s (Northampton)
August 10 v Sri Lanka Under-19s (Royal London One-Day Series, Wormsley)
August 13 v Sri Lanka Under-19s (Royal London One-Day Series, Chelmsford)
August 16 v Sri Lanka Under-19s (Royal London One-Day Series, Canterbury)
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