The England Under 17 team will spend two and a half weeks at the Australian National Academy in Adelaide as part of their winter training programme.

The trip begins on Sunday 1 April and ends on Wednesday 18 April.

The team will train at the Academy, and play five matches in total: two one-day games against the South Australia U17 team, followed by a three-day game and two further one-day games against the Australian U17 Development Squad.

Seven Yorkshire players are included in the 14-strong squad, with two Nottinghamshire representatives and one each from Somerset, Middlesex, Sussex, Lancashire and Durham.

Hugh Morris, ECB Performance Director, said, ‘The Australian National Academy boasts some of the best cricket facilities in the world and it will provide excellent preparation for our players for the coming season. The
matches against the South Australia U17 and Australian U17 development squad will also give them good experience of playing in foreign conditions against high quality opposition’.

The England U17 team will this year play the following matches:

4/5/6 July EU17 v Yorkshire Academy Scarborough
CC
10/11 July ECB Schools East v West Todmorden CC
12 July ECB Schools v CS
RAF Vine Lane, Uxbridge

European Colts Tournament
22 July EU17 v Scotland
23 July EU17 v Ireland
24 July EU17 v Holland
25 July EU17 v Denmark

6/7/8 August EU17 v MCC YC’s Wormsley
5/6/7 September EU17 v EU18 Shifnal CC

Tour Party
Gareth Andrew (Somerset) Andrew Hodd (Sussex)
David Barrick (Yorkshire) Samit Patel
(Nottinghamshire)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) Tim Rees (Lancashire)
Dan Broadbent (Yorkshire) Joe Sayers (Yorkshire)
Alan Coleman (Middlesex) Gary Scott (Durham)
Andrew Gale ( Yorkshire) Bilal Shafayat
(Nottinghamshire)
Christopher Gilbert (Yorkshire) David Stiff (Yorkshire)

Andrew Kennedy – Manager
Keith Tomlins – Coach
Toby Radford – Assistant Coach

For further information, contact ECB Corporate Affairs on 020 7432 1200