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Hampshire’s Scott Currie to Compete in National Super-4 Competition
Hampshire’s Scott Currie to compete in national Super-4 Competition
The all-rounder is in the South West squad joining a host of Under 17 talents to play in both 50-over and T20 games at Loughborough this week
Hampshire Academy all-rounder Scott Currie has been selected for the South West to compete in the fifth Super-4 Competition for the country’s outstanding Under-17s in Loughborough this week.
Currie, 16, has featured for both Hampshire U17s and Hampshire Academy this season scoring almost 300 runs and taking 24 wickets at an average of 26.63. The all-rounder is among the 56 young talents that have been selected for the tournament, which will see four regional-based teams compete for the crown.
The Super-4s week has a different structure this year. The teams will again play each other in 50-over matches over the first three days of competition, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
However, instead of a Finals Day on the Saturday, the champions will be determined by the final placings in the league table – leaving Saturday clear for a separate T20 competition.
The North have dominated the competition since it was introduced in 2013, winning their third title out of four last summer – when Yorkshire’s Harry Brook was named man of the tournament, and Durham’s Matt Potts was man of the match in the final.
Both those players have represented their counties at first-team level this season, showing why the Super-4s are well worth watching for fans with an eye on the future.
Four members of the England Under-19s squad are also among players that will contest for the title. Derbyshire’s Hamidullah Qadri and Worcestershire’s Adam Finch will line up for the Midlands, whilst Essex seamer Ben Allison will feature for London and East.
Currie will be joined by Somerset all-rounder Tom Lammonby – who was named England’s best player in the Royal London One-Day Series against India – and he’ll hope to lead the South West to a first Super-4 victory.
Lammonby is one of six players affiliated to Somerset in the South West squad – with Ned Dunning, Nathan Gilchrist, Louis Goldsworthy, Will Smeed and Ben Wells also included.
They are joined by Milo Ayres, Ben Charlesworth, Jack Gibbs and Tom Price of Gloucestershire, plus Tom Bevan, Chris Matthews and Roman Walker of Glamorgan.
James Taylor, the former Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and England batsman, will speak to the players when they gather in Loughborough this week.
What’s more, the cricket will be watched by a number of England’s lead coaches as well as Young Lions selectors and scouts, raising the stakes for the players involved.
