England Cricket announces Young Lions squad for Sri Lanka Test series

England U-19 team will face Sri Lanka U-19 from 21 August (Twitter)

England selectors on Friday (19 August) announced the 13-member U-19 squad for the first of the two Tests against the Sri Lanka U-19 team. The series is slated to commence on Sunday (21 August). 

Durham batter Ben McKinney has been named the captain of the four-day fixture taking place at Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford.

The squad for the second fixture at Incora County Ground in Derby will be announced ahead of that game. 

Squad: Ben McKinney (c), Tom Aspinwall, George Bell, Tommy Boorman, Ben Cliff, Bertie Foreman, Alex Horton, Matthew Hurst, Eddie Jack, Dominic Kelly, Ben Parker, Harry Singh, Ross Whitfield 

ECB's Performance coach hopes for the best from players

"We’re really looking forward to this series and seeing how a wide range of the best young men’s players in this country adapt to the challenge and opportunity of international age-group cricket, " said Richard Dawson, ECB's Elite Performance Pathway Coach. 

“The key for us when selecting a squad is working out with the counties what’s best for each individual player, and for the first Test match - in a number of cases - we agreed that it was best for them to continue playing domestic cricket."