Mason Crane to Join up with England U19s

Mason Crane is set to join England's Under-19s for the last two matches of their Royal London One-Day Series against Australia.

Crane, has made rapid strides with Hampshire this summer, and England's coach Andy Hurry was happy to leave him playing regular county cricket even though it meant him missing the four-day match against Australia in Durham as well as the first three 50-over games.

But Hampshire are not involved in the latest round of matches in the LV= County Championship that start on Friday, so Hurry has agreed with their director of cricket Giles White that Crane can link up with the England squad after the Royal London One-Day Cup match against Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge today.

That means he could join fellow Hampshire spinner Brad Taylor in the England team for the Thursday's game in Leicester followed by the last game of the series on Saturday at New Road, Worcester.

England lost the first game at South Northumberland CC in Gosforth but bounced back, after a washout in Chesterfield, to square the series with a three-wicket win in Derby on Monday night, set up by a brilliant century from Dan Lawrence.