By Jon Steer
July 21 2003

Liam Plunkett has been named in the England U19 Squad to take on South Africa this Summer. The series consists of three four day 'tests' and three one day internationals. The first test starts on 1st August at Headingly. It will not be a surprise to anyone following Durham that 18 year old Liam Plunkett has made the U19 squad. He has played four championship matches this season and is the only Durham bowler to have taken five wickets in an innings in the Championship.

Liam has also shown that he can score runs when needed too, with a highest score of 38 not out this season.

The U19 squad is captained again by Bilal Shafayat of Notts. The full 12 man squad is:

Bilal Shafayat (Capt)- Nottinghamshire
Ravinder Bopara - Essex
Tim Bresnan - Yorkshire
Neil Edwards - Somerset
Adam Harrison - Glamorgan
Andrew Hodd (wk) - Sussex
Mark Lawson - Yorkshire
Michael Parsons - Somerset
Samit Patel - Nottinghamshire
Liam Plunkett - Durham
Joseph Sayers - Yorkshire
Luke Wright - Leicestershire


Tim Boon (Coach)
Graham Saville (Manager)