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Local players selected for Under 19 World Cup Langley Mill and Nottinghamshire's Samit Patel has been selected in the England Under 19s squad to compete in the 2002 ICC Under 19 World Cup starting in New Zealand in January.
<<< Pictured left are Ron, Akhil and Samit receiving the man of the match award at the 2001 Premier Cup Final The squad leaves for Adelaide in late December before travelling on to New Zealand in the New Year. The competition starts on Saturday 19th January, with the final on Saturday 9th February. The Under 19 World Cup is played every two years with India being the victors in January 2000 when the event was held in Sri Lanka. When England last won the tournament in 1998, the squad contained four players, Paul Franks, Chris Schofield, Owais Shah and Graeme Swann, who went on to represent England at senior level. Other familiar faces in the squad are Paul McMahon who plays for Wollaton and Nottinghamshire, Bilal Shafayat, who has turned out for the West Indian Cavaliers and whose brother also played for Langley Mill last season, and Nadeem Malik who is a regular in the Nottinghamshire side. The full squad is:
The World Cup groups are as follows: Group A: India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Canada Good luck to Samit and the Notts lads, Sting In The Tail will be following your progress in the tournament.
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