Under-15 and EPD Under-16 squads named

The ECB has announced that the following players have been selected for the England Under-15 team after fine performances at the Bunbury U15 Festival.

They will play a series of three one-day games against an Elite Player Development Under-16 squad who were selected from players who narrowly missed out on selection for the England U15s in 2007 and 2008 plus players who were selected for the England U15s last year.

The two teams will be under the direction of Mark Alleyne (England U15) and David Houghton (EPD U16).

England Under-15

Muhammad Abid (Lancashire)
Shozair Ali (Warwickshire)
Adam Ball (Kent)
Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent)
Fabian Cowdrey (Kent)
Eliot Daly (Surrey)
Joe Davies (Lancashire)
Sam Kelsall (Staffordshire CB)
Tom Milnes (Warwickshire)
Adam Rossington (Middlesex)
Andrew Salter (Cricket Board of Wales)
Jack Sheppard (Hampshire)
Ramanpreet Singh (Northumberland CB)
Shiv Thakor (Leicestershire)

Elite Player Development Under-16

Basil Akram (Essex)
Michael Beard (Oxfordshire CB)
Tom Darby (Hampshire)
David Girling (Yorkshire)
Ateeq Javed (Warwickshire)
Anish Kapill (Worcestershire)
Liam Livingstone (Cumbria CB)
Chris Piesley (Kent)
Ben Raine (Durham)
Tim Ravenscroft (Hampshire/Guernsey)
Daniel Roberts (Cricket Board of Wales)
Adam Rouse (Hampshire)
Gareth Thomas (Cricket Board of Wales)
William Vanderspar (Middlesex)

Match Programme (all matches to be played at the National Cricket Performance Centre, Loughborough University)

Tuesday August 5: one-day match (50 overs)
Wednesday August 6: one-day match (50 overs)
Friday August 8: one-day match (50 overs)