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Young Lions name training squad for South Africa

Young Lions name training squad for South Africa

An 18-player squad has been selected for an England Men U19s training camp in South Africa.

The squad will train in Stellenbosch from 25 November to 16 December as preparation for the upcoming series against South Africa Men U19s in January and February 2025.
England Men U19s training squad:
Tazeem Ali (Warwickshire)
Ben Dawkins (Kent)
Jaydn Denly (Kent)
Rocky Flintoff (Lan

Chris Guest appointed as England Women U19 Performance Lead

Chris Guest appointed as England Women U19 Performance Lead

The ECB is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Guest as England Women U19 Performance Lead.
Guest arrives from The Blaze where he spent three years as head coach of Loughborough Lightning and then The Blaze following the region’s move to Nottinghamshire in 2022, leading the latter to Charlotte Edwards Cup success this summer.
Alongside his regional commitments, he led the England

Rew to captain much-changed Young Lions in Tri-Series

Rew to captain much-changed Young Lions in Tri-Series

Somerset wicketkeeper-batter Thomas Rew will for the first time captain England Men U19s during the upcoming Youth ODI tri-series against Scotland Men U19s and Ireland Men U19s at Loughborough.

Rew, 16, will lead an inexperienced Young Lions outfit in which Harry Moore, Sebastian Morgan and Alex Green are the only other capped players. James Minto and Ben Dawkins appeared for the Young Lion

Shaikh to captain England Men U19s for first time

Shaikh to captain England Men U19s for first time

Warwickshire batter Hamza Shaikh will captain England Men U19s for the first time during the two-match Youth Test series against Sri Lanka this month.

Shaikh, 18, has skippered Warwickshire’s Second XI and is a part of the FCC Select XI that will this week play West Indies in a three-day warm-up match at Beckenham.
Shaikh said: "Captaining England at any level is an incredible honour. I’

Benkenstein to lead England Men U19s

Benkenstein to lead England Men U19s

Luc Benkenstein will captain the England Men Under-19s during their three game Youth ODI series against Sri Lanka.

The Essex all-rounder, who captained for one game during last summer's Youth ODI Series against Australia, is set to lead the team in front of his home fans at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford, where the opening game is to be played under lights on Friday 28 June.
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England Men's U19s to host Sri Lanka

England Men's U19s to host Sri Lanka

England Men’s U19s will host Sri Lanka Men’s U19s in three Youth ODIs and two Youth Tests this summer.

Head coach Mike Yardy’s team will be in action for the first time since the ICC Under-19s Men’s World Cup during the winter, with the opening Youth ODI to be played under lights at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford on 28 June. The 1st Central County Ground will host the final two Youth

England Women U19s squad to tour Sri Lanka named

England Women U19s squad to tour Sri Lanka named

The England Women U19 squad to tour Sri Lanka to take on the hosts and Australia in a Tri Series has been confirmed.
Both T20 and 50-over formats will be played in late March and early April with the dates and venues to be announced in due course.
Within the 15-player group are a number of players that attended the inaugural ICC Women’s U19 World Cup in South Africa in January 2023 and who

England Men's U19s beat Zimbabwe in World Cup Super Sixes

England Men's U19s beat Zimbabwe in World Cup Super Sixes

England Men's U19 beat Zimbabwe Men's U19 by 147 runs
England won their last game of the Super Six stage of the ICC Men's U19 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe, but it wasn't enough to secure qualification to the semi-finals.
Previous results in the competition meant England were unable to progress to join India, Australia, South Africa in the last four but they signed off in style with 17-

England Men's U19 start Super Six with loss against Australia

England Men's U19 start Super Six with loss against Australia

England Men's U19 lost to Australia Men's U19 by 110 runs (DLS)
England started the Super Six phase of the Under 19s World Cup with a loss to Australia in Kimberley on Wednesday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first. Sebastian Morgan took a wicket in the first over to get England off to a great start, before Harry Dixon put on a half century to settle the ship for Australia. Captain

England Men's U19 suffer first defeat of World Cup

England Men's U19 suffer first defeat of World Cup

England Men's U19 lost to West Indies Men's U19 by 2 wickets
England finished the group stage of the Under 19s World Cup with a defeat to West Indies on Friday. The result was not enough to stop England from staying ahead of West Indies in Group B, by virtue of their superior net run rate.
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first. For the first time in the tournament England lost e

England Men's U19 beat World Cup hosts South Africa

England Men's U19 beat World Cup hosts South Africa

England Men's U19 beat South Africa Men's U19 by 36 runs (DLS Method)
England continued their Under 19s World Cup campaign with a second group stage win as they beat home side South Africa on Tuesday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first, restricting the hosts to 230 all out.
Spin was the name of the game in Potchefstroom once again. After seven wickets fell to England's young sp

England Men's U19 win world cup opener against Scotland

England Men's U19 win world cup opener against Scotland

England Men's U19 beat Scotland Men's U19 by 7 wickets
England got their Under 19s World Cup campaign off to a winning start as they beat Scotland in their opening group game in South Africa on Saturday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first, restricting Scotland to 174 runs. There was plenty of turn on offer in Potchefstroom as seven wickets fell to England's young spinners. Th