Warwickshire captain Wilfred Rhodes will lead ‘County Select XI’ vs India, match to be held closed door

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The England and Wales Cricket Board mentioned on Thursday that Warwickshire captain Wilfred Rhodes will lead a 14-man Select County XI in a three-day warm-up match towards India on the Riverside Ground right here from July 20-22.

Former England bowler and present Young Lions (A Team) head coach Richard Dawson will decide a County XI to play towards India at Emirates Riverside in a three-day match beginning Tuesday, July 20.

In earlier years, this workforce was generally known as “United Counties”, which at all times had first-class fixtures towards touring nations.

The match can be performed behind closed doorways, with the Indian workforce already reporting a number of COVID-19 optimistic instances together with first workforce keeper Rishabh Pant.

The Select County XI squad additionally consists of current Test debutant James Bracey and Nottinghamshire opener Haseeb Hameed, who made his Test debut towards India in 2016.

The ECB mentioned, “The team was selected after consultation with first-class counties on the availability of players and provided some of the high-potential talent from county sport with the opportunity to test themselves against ICC World Test Championship finalists.” was chosen to do.”

A small bubble is about to be created by the ECB for this sport in any case the chosen gamers endure the COVID-19 exams.

“County players will adapt to a team environment and undergo COVID testing before being cleared to play in matches.”

The ECB thanked the first-class counties “for their continued support in providing players for this fixture and for Durham County Cricket Club in providing facilities for staging this match”.

The match can be out there to look at reside through Durham County Cricket Club’s YouTube channel, with ball-by-ball commentary additionally out there on BBC Radio.

County Selection XI Team: Will Rhodes (Warwickshire – Captain), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Tom Aspinwell (Lancashire), Ethan Bamber (Middlesex), James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Jack Carson (Sussex), Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire), Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire), Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire), Jake Libby (Worcestershire), Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), James Rave (Somerset), Rob Yates (Warwickshire).

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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