England Under 19s to face Sri Lanka this summer at Canterbury

ECB today announced changes to the fixture schedule for incoming tours by international ‘A“ teams this summer and new opponents for the England Under 19 team in their domestic international series this summer.

Following a request from New Zealand Cricket to postpone the New Zealand ’A’ Team tour to UK originally scheduled for summer 2010, the ECB has agreed with West Indies Cricket Board that West Indies ’A’ will tour in place of New Zealand ’A’. West Indies ’A’ will now participate in the Triangular ODI Series with England Lions and India ’A’ (matches staged at Northampton, Grace Road and New Road) and will also replace New Zealand ’A’ as opposition for India ’A’ in two ’A’ Team Test Matches which will now be played at Grace Road and Whitgift School, Croydon.

As the West Indies ’A’ players are required to return home by mid July to participate in the WICB domestic Twenty20 Tournament, the 3-day and 4-day elements of the itineraries for the incoming ’A’ teams have been brought forward to the start of the tours rather than being played after the 1-day programme – the dates and venues for the 1-day programme remain unchanged. This has led to the following scheduling changes:

India ’A’ will now play the 3-day tour match v Yorkshire at Headingley Carnegie as the opening fixture of the Tour, Sat 5 – Mon 7 June (previously scheduled for Headingley Carnegie 11-13 July).

West Indies ’A’ will play a 3-day tour match v Glamorgan at SWALEC Stadium as the opening fixture of the Tour, Sat 5 – Mon 7 June. This replaces the New Zealand ’A’ 3-day tour match v Durham at Riverside (Riverside unavailable to stage the fixture on the revised dates).

The 1st Test between India ’A’ and West Indies ’A’ will now be played Thu 10 – Sun 13 June at Grace Road, Leicester. The 1st Test between India ’A’ and New Zealand ’A’ was previously scheduled for 16-19 July at Old Trafford (Old Trafford unavailable to stage the fixture on the revised dates).

The 2nd Test between India ’A’ and West Indies ’A’ will now be played Thu 17 – Sun 20 June at Whitgift School, Croydon. The 2nd Test between India ’A’ and New Zealand ’A’ was previously scheduled for 23-26 July at The Rose Bowl (Rose Bowl unavailable to stage the fixture on the revised dates).

The full itineraries for the incoming ’A’ Teams are as follows:

India ‘A“ Tour to UK 2010
Wed 2 June – India ‘A“ team arrives
Sat 5-7 June – 3-day v Yorkshire, Headingley Carnegie
Thu 10 -13 June – India ’A’ v West Indies ’A’, Grace Road
Thu 17 – 20 June – India ’A’ v West Indies ’A’, Whitgift School, Croydon
Wed 23 June – 1-day v Scotland, Citylets Titwood, Glasgow
Fri 25 June – 1-day v Scotland, Citylets Titwood, Glasgow
Mon 28 June – ODI v West Indies ‘A“, Northampton
Tue 29 June – England Lions v WI ’A’, Northampton
Thu 1 July – ODI v England Lions, Grace Road, Leicester
Fri 2 July – ODI v West Indies ‘A, Grace Road, Leicester
Sun 4 July – England Lions v WI ’A’, New Road, Worcester
Tue 6 July – ODI v England Lions, New Road, Worcester
*Thu 8 July – ODI FINAL or 1-day v Lancs, New Road /Old Trafford
Fri 9 July – India ’A’ depart

West Indies ‘A“ Tour to UK 2010
Wed 2 June – West Indies ‘A“ team arrives
Sat 5-7 June – 3-day v Glamorgan, SWALEC
Thu 10 -13 June – India ’A’ v West Indies ’A’, Grace Road
Thu 17 – 20 June – India ’A’ v West Indies ’A’, Whitgift School, Croydon
Wed 23 June – 1-day v Ireland, Belfast,Stormont
Fri 25 June – 1-day v Ireland, Belfast,Stormont
Mon 28 June – ODI v India ‘A“,Northampton
Tue 29 June – ODI v England Lions, Northampton
Thu 1 July – England Lions v India ’A’,Grace Road, Leicester
Fri 2 July – ODI v India ‘A,Grace Road, Leicester
Sun 4 July – ODI v England Lions, New Road, Worcester
Tue 6 July – England Lions v India ’A’,New Road, Worcester
*Thu 8 July – ODI FINAL or 1-day v Lancs*, New Road/Old Trafford
Fri 9 July – West Indies ’A’ depart

note
•if either India ’A’ or West Indies ’A’ do not qualify for the Triangular series Final on 8 July they will play a 50 over match v Lancashire at Old Trafford

ECB also today announced that Sri Lanka U19s will replace Australia U19s as the opposition for the England U19 team this summer. It means that the two games at Canterbury, on the 12 and 13 of August, will be between England U19s and their Sri Lankan counterparts.

The full programme of matches and venues is as follows:

England Under 19s – Schedule for 2010
Weds July 21-24: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s – Test Match – Northampton
Tues July 27- July 30: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s – Test Match – Scarborough
Mon Aug 2: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s T20 – Riverside
Tue Aug 3: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s T20 – Riverside
Sat Aug 7: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s ODI Fenner“s
Mon Aug 9: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s ODI Arundel
Tues Aug 10: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s ODI Arundel
Thu Aug 12: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s ODI Canterbury
Fri Aug 13: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s ODI Canterbury