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Hampshire Quartet To Feature in North v South Series
Hampshire Quartet To Feature in North v South Series
James Vince, Liam Dawson, Tom Alsop and Mason Crane will all take part in the series next March
Hampshire quartet, James Vince, Liam Dawson, Tom Alsop and Mason Crane are among the players who will be given the chance to participate in the first North versus South series in the UAE next March.
Vince, the Hampshire captain who has made 10 white-ball appearances for England since May 2015, will lead a South squad including his three county team-mates alongside a host of other representatives from other counties across the region.
Hampshire are the county with the strongest representation in the squads, providing four players to the South, while Kent Spitfires have three players selected, as do Northamptonshire Steelbacks which gives them the most in the North squad.
Mark Wood, who is on the comeback trail again after having his third ankle operation in the space of 12 months in the autumn, has been named in a North squad to be captained by his Durham team-mate Keaton Jennings, and also including Northamptonshire Steelbacks star Ben Duckett.
For all the players selected, the North versus South series is a platform to make an impression. As Andrew Strauss said when he introduced the series before the start of the 2016 season, we see it as an important addition to our selection process in 50-over cricket, ahead of the two major global events we are staging over the next three summers – the Champions Trophy next year, and the World Cup in 2019.
James Whitaker, National Selector
Four players in each team had already earned their places through their performances in the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup, measured by the Professional Cricketers’ Association’s Most Valuable Player rankings.
Duckett, Graeme White, Tim Bresnan and Harry Gurney qualified from the North Group, with Dawson, Matt Coles and the Somerset pair Lewis Gregory and Tim Groenewald qualifying from the South Group.
Squads for North versus South series, March 2017
North: K Jennings (Durham, capt), B Duckett (Northamptonshire Steelbacks*), S Hain (Warwickshire), J Clarke (Worcestershire Rapids, wk), L Livingstone (Lancashire Lightning), J Leaning (Yorkshire Vikings), T Bresnan (Yorkshire Vikings*), J Poysden (Warwickshire), G White (Northamptonshire Steelbacks*), M Wood (Durham), S Mahmood (Lancashire Lightning), R Gleeson (Northamptonshire Steelbacks), H Gurney (Notts Outlaws*)
South: J Vince (Hampshire, capt), D Bell-Drummond (Kent Spitfires), T Alsop (Hampshire), D Malan (Middlesex), S Northeast (Kent Spitfires), L Dawson (Hampshire), B Foakes (Surrey, wk), T Curran (Surrey), L Gregory (Somerset*), T Groenewald (Somerset*), M Coles (Kent Spitfires*), S Finn (Middlesex), M Crane (Hampshire)
