Warwickshire teenager Hamza Shaikh will captain of England’s under-19s test side in two youth tests against Sri Lanka at Wormsley CC, High Wycombe (8-11 July) and Cheltenham CC (16-19 July).
The 18-year-old has 15 U19 caps to his name but it’s the first time he’s skippered the national side. “Captaining England at any level is an incredible honour,” said Shaikh, who played two youth tests against Australia last summer and has an average of 53 in his 13 under-19 ODIs.
It’s a busy few days for Shaikh who will represent Warwickshire in a first class counties select XI to face the West Indies before meeting up with his England teammates. He’s part of a 13-player squad that will play a three-day game against the Windies at Beckenham starting 3 July as part of the tourists test preparations.
Squad: Hamza Shaikh (Warwickshire – captain), Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire), Charlie Brand (Lancashire), Jack Carney (unattached), Jaydn Denly (Kent), Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire), Kesh Fonseka (Lancashire), Alex French (Surrey), Alex Green (Leicestershire), Eddie Jack (Hampshire), Freddie McCann (Nottinghamshire), Harry Moore (Derbyshire), Noah Thain (Essex), Archie Vaughan (Somerset).
