Currie Prepares For U19 World Cup In South Africa

Hampshire starlet Scott Currie begins his England U19 World Cup campaign in South Africa on Monday.

The 18-year-old all-rounder will be looking to hold a spot down as England take on the West Indies in the first of their Group B fixtures at the Diamond Oval, Kimberley.

Two days later, a tough test against a strong Australia team awaits in their second group game of the tournament.

England then close proceedings against Nigeria on the 25^th January where they will have looked to secure a quarter-final spot.

The knockout stages of the competition begin on the 27^th January where the tournament’s winners will eventually be crowned on February 9^th.

In the first of their fully contested warm-up games since arriving in South Africa, Currie took an impressive 2-30 against Afghanistan, a game they would eventually narrowly lose by 21 runs.

Currie has been hard at work all winter as the U19’s took part in a tri-series in the West Indies, where they faced off with the hosts and Sri Lanka. It was a dream start for the right-armer taking his country’s first wicket of the tour in a warm up fixture against Antigua, the first of his seven.

Other highlights include a 22 not out against the West Indies batting at number ten, an important knock as England won by 29 runs, and 3-18 against Sri Lanka, a game that England would eventually to go on to win by four wickets.

All of Scott’s and England’s games are available to watch from Monday 20^th at skysports.com.

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