Eddie Jack five-wicket UAE match return (Roy Honeybone)
Hampshire Academy trio Joseph Eckland, Eddie Jack and Dom Kelly could be headed to Brisbane in January with England Under-19s for a multi-format series against their Australian counterparts.
All three recently returned from the Emirates where England Young Lions shared the spoils in two ODIs before beating the UAE in a three-day match in Abu Dhabi.
Academy captain Eckland did particularly well in the two 50-over internationals, hitting a half-century in the opening match and an unbeaten 89 in the second which England won.
Canford all-rounder Jack and Winchester-based Kelly played their roles as England thrashed the UAE by 185 runs in the three-day game.
Batting down the order, Kelly made quick-fire knocks of 18 and 31 not out as England posted scores of 302 and 182-7 either side of the Emirates making 183.
Jack shone with the ball, taking 3-21 in the UAE's first innings and 2-26 in the second, returning match figures of 5-47 off 13 overs. Emirates were dismissed for 116 to give England an emphatic victory.
Eckland, Jack and Kelly now face a three-day training weekend at Loughborough before the squad for Australia is finalised.
The Young Lions will play two four-day matches, three ODIs and a T20I played across Brisbane's National Cricket Campus in late January and February.
All three recently returned from the Emirates where England Young Lions shared the spoils in two ODIs before beating the UAE in a three-day match in Abu Dhabi.
Academy captain Eckland did particularly well in the two 50-over internationals, hitting a half-century in the opening match and an unbeaten 89 in the second which England won.
Canford all-rounder Jack and Winchester-based Kelly played their roles as England thrashed the UAE by 185 runs in the three-day game.
Batting down the order, Kelly made quick-fire knocks of 18 and 31 not out as England posted scores of 302 and 182-7 either side of the Emirates making 183.
Jack shone with the ball, taking 3-21 in the UAE's first innings and 2-26 in the second, returning match figures of 5-47 off 13 overs. Emirates were dismissed for 116 to give England an emphatic victory.
Eckland, Jack and Kelly now face a three-day training weekend at Loughborough before the squad for Australia is finalised.
The Young Lions will play two four-day matches, three ODIs and a T20I played across Brisbane's National Cricket Campus in late January and February.
