Archie Vaughan: Will captain the England Under-19 team on the South Africa tour.
The England and Wales Cricket Board, along with announcing the squad for the upcoming South Africa tour of its Under-19 team, has handed over the responsibility of captaincy to Archie Vaughan, son of its former captain Michael Vaughan. For Archie Vaughan, who is following in his father’s footsteps, this is also a big moment in the initial phase of his career because if he performs better here, then it will definitely be a bit easier for him to make his place in the senior England team. .
England Young Lions tour will start from January 17
On the tour of South Africa, England Young Lions team has to play a series of three Youth ODI matches and apart from this, a series of 2 Youth Test matches, which will start from January 17. Talking about Archie Vaughan, he was born on 9 December 2005 in Sheffield city of England. Apart from being a right-handed batsman, he is also an off-spin bowler. Archie, in his statement published in ESPN Cricinfo regarding getting the responsibility of captaining the England Young Lions team, said that during the training camp which took place before Christmas, I came to know that I was going to get the responsibility of captaincy, Which is also a very special moment for me. While playing for the England team at this level is very special, captaining it is even more special.
Archie Vaughan has had such a record till now
If we look at Archie Vaughan’s career so far, he signed his first professional contract in first class cricket with Somerset in the month of May 2024. Archie got a chance to play his first match in the county in the month of July. Till now, he has played a total of 4 matches in first class cricket, in which he has scored 236 runs at an average of 33.71 and has also managed to play one half-century innings. Apart from this, Archie has managed to score 72 runs at an average of 36 in 7 matches played in List-A cricket. Archie’s excellence has also been seen in bowling, where he has managed to take 15 wickets in first class cricket and has 3 wickets to his name in List-A.
Here’s the England Under-19 squad for the South Africa tour:
Archie Vaughan (captain), Farhan Ahmed, Tajim Ali, Ben Dawkins, Kesha Fonseca (Test only), Alex French, Alex Green, Jack Home, James Isbell, Eddie Jacques, Ben Mayes, James Minto, Harry Moore, Joe Moores (Only for ODIs), Thomas Reeve (Somerset), Aryan Sawant, Navya Sharma, Alexander Wade.
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