Bermuda’s Delray Rawlins has been named to the England Under-19 set-up for the tour of India early next year.
The squad includes ten uncapped players, four of whom were not involved on the Young Lions training camp in Dubai over the last three weeks – Nottinghamshire’s Liam Patterson-White and Somerset’s Louie Shaw, who are both left-arm spinners, and seamers Henry Brookes of Warwickshire, and Jack Bruce of Middlesex.
David Graveney OBE, the Under-19s chairman of selectors, said: “Touring India at any level is challenging, as the senior England team would confirm. But that is why it is so valuable to be able to expose our best young players to these challenges at Under-19 level.
“We expect the India team to be very strong, as they showed in the ICC Under-19 World Cup earlier this year and again in the Asia Cup, under the supervision of Rahul Dravid. So this is a huge opportunity for the 15 players who have been selected, especially with a return series against India at home next summer.
Now that the tour in Dubai has concluded by the England Under 19 Lions Squad that included Bermuda’s Delray Rawlins, www.islandstats.com asked Rawlins about the experience and just what he is looking forward to.
“It has been a very good few weeks out here. Definitely learnt about myself as a player and also just learning new things about the game. Some very experienced heads around to learn from, in the likes of Paul Collingwood, Graham Thorpe and Andy Flower. So was definitely a positive tour for myself and hopefully take the learnings into the future,” said Rawlins.
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