England Under-19 tour of Pakistan: three Youth ODIs and a Test in Rawalpindi from 5 December

England's Under-19 team will tour Pakistan in December for three Youth ODIs and a four-day Youth Test, all in Rawalpindi, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced, ESPNcricinfo reported. Surrey allrounder Ralphie Albert will captain an 18-player squad, with Nottinghamshire's Farhan Ahmed as vice-captain.

England U19 in Pakistan: the schedule

The tour follows the two sides' series in England in the summer.

The England squad

Ralphie Albert (captain), Farhan Ahmed (vice-captain), Subhaan Ali, Robbie Bowman, Tom Bradley, Thomas Edwards, Luke Hands, Theo Lamey, Manny Lumsden, Bertie Michael, Isaac Mohammad, Joe Moores, Jack Nelson, Leo Selvey-Clinton, Marley Simpson, Luke Symington, Charlie Taylor and Jeet Varaich.

Vice-captain Farhan Ahmed is the younger brother of England Test leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, who toured Pakistan with the senior side. Worcestershire left-arm seamer Jeet Varaich is the one new call-up.

Simpson and Symington will only attend the Sri Lanka camp, while fast bowlers Charlie Taylor and Manny Lumsden will join in Rawalpindi on individual workloads.

Who is in charge

Former Durham seamer Neil Killeen is interim head coach for the winter, which also includes a trip to Australia in the new year, after Mike Yardy moved to the ECB's senior batting role. Joe Denly, Steve Mullaney and Kyle Hogg are his assistants. Killeen said he expected "a tough contest in Pakistan following our series in the summer."

Meanwhile, the senior team

Pakistan's senior side play Sri Lanka in the ODI tri-series at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, at 1:30pm today, having already reached the final on 31 October (schedule and results).

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