Glamorgan Cricket to host England Under-19s this summer

24 Mar 2017 | Cricket
England Under-19s will contest the first of their five-match 50-over series in Cardiff on Monday 7 August.

They will begin their return series against India with a four-day match at Queen’s Park in Chesterfield from July 23-26, before Worcestershire host the second four-day match at New Road.

They will then begin the 50-over series in Cardiff before going on to Canterbury, Hove, Bristol and Taunton – with the second match, on August 9 at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, being shown live on Sky Sports.

England will be aiming for revenge on home soil in the one-day series, after losing 3-1 in a five-match series in Mumbai in January and February, which ended with a tie.

The teams then drew two four-day matches in Nagpur, with the England captain Max Holden and Somerset’s George Bartlett sharing a record-breaking partnership of 321 in the first match which ended with India 189 for eight in pursuit of a victory target of 238.

“There was some excellent cricket in both series out in India, which was so beneficial to our players in terms of their experience and development,” said Andy Hurry, the head coach of the Young Lions programme.

“So playing a return series in home conditions will offer the players selected more high-quality cricket, with both red ball and white ball – and will also be valuable in our planning and preparations for the ICC Under-19s World Cup in New Zealand early next year.”

 

Full tour schedule:

England v India, Under-19s series, July-August 2017

First “Test”: Queen’s Park (Chesterfield), July 23-26

Second “Test”: New Road (Worcester), July 31 – August 3

First ODI: SSE SWALEC (Cardiff), August 7

Second ODI: Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence (Canterbury), August 9 (day-night match televised live by Sky Sports)

Third ODI: 1st Central County Ground (Hove), August 12

Fourth ODI: Brightside Ground (Bristol), August 14

Fifth ODI: Cooper Associates County Ground (Taunton), August 16