The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced the squad of players invited to take part in the England Development Programme (EDP) for 2014-2015 and includes Glamorgan's Aneurin Donald.
The 18-man EDP squad features players from across the Under-17 and Under-19 age groups, and represents the first intake of players to be overseen by ECB's new Head of the England Development Programme, Andy Hurry.
Included are Lancashire batsman Haseeb Hameed and off-spinner Brad Taylor (Hampshire) - two of four players who starred in England Under-19s Royal London One Day International series whitewash against South Africa Under-19s this summer. The majority (12) of the 18 players selected featured in the EDP Under-17 team that played against Pakistan Under-17s in August this year.
The 2014-2015 EDP squad will now take part in a series of short training camps at the National Cricket Performance Centre (NCPC) in Loughborough, before embarking on an overseas development camp to the subcontinent in December, and touring in Australia in March-April ahead of the start of the English season.
England Development Programme Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney, said: The composition of the 2014-2015 EDP squad represents a change in direction for the England Development Programme with the Under-19 and Under-17 age groups fully combined for the first time. This move has created one smaller squad of players for Andy Hurry and the rest of the coaching staff at the NCPC to work with more closely, and simultaneously gives the county academies greater ownership in developing their young players moving forwards.
We believe that we have selected an outstanding 18-man EDP squad, and I am especially excited by the wealth of young talent currently coming through the development pathway. This group of players will now get the opportunity to take part in a training camp on the subcontinent before Christmas, followed by a challenging tour to Australia in March-April next year, providing two fantastic learning experiences of playing in contrasting conditions and environments.
England Development Programme 2014-2015 squad in full:
| Name |
County |
| Mason Crane |
Hampshire |
| Sam Curran |
Surrey |
| Ryan Davies |
Kent |
| Will Davis |
Derbyshire |
| Aneurin Donald |
Glamorgan |
| Matt Fisher |
Yorkshire |
| Ben Green |
Somerset |
| Haseeb Hameed |
Lancashire |
| Max Holden |
Middlesex |
| Mosun Hussain |
Yorkshire |
| Saqib Mahmood |
Lancashire |
| Tom Moores |
Nottinghamshire |
| Matt Parkinson |
Lancashire |
| Brad Taylor |
Hampshire |
| Callum Taylor |
Essex |
| Aaron Thomason |
Warwickshire |
| Jared Warner |
Yorkshire |
| Joe Weatherley |
Hampshire |
EDP winter schedule 2014-2015:
| When |
What |
| 10 - 23 December 2014 |
Overseas training camp |
| 23 March - 23 April 2015 |
Tour to Australia |