Jack Carson picked for India warm-up match

Sussex’s Jack Carson – one of the stars of the Championship season so far – has been selected in a County Select XI squad that will take on India at Emirates Riverside in a three-day match, starting on Tuesday 20th July.

The off spinner is part of a 14-man squad for the match that will form part of India’s warm-up schedule ahead of the LV= Insurance Test Series.

The squad was selected after consulting with the first-class counties on player availability and to provide some of the high potential talent from across the county game with the opportunity to test themselves against the ICC World Test Championship finalists.

Jack has been recognised for his outstanding red-ball performances since making his first team debut in 2020. In his 14 first-class matches to date, the 20-year-old has taken 49 wickets at an average of 25.67. His 34 wickets in this summer’s LV= Insurance County Championship make him Sussex’s leading wicket taker and the leading England-qualified spinner in the competition.

Ahead of the fixture next week, the county players selected will bridge into a team environment and undergo Covid testing before being cleared to play in the match.

The match will be available to watch live via Durham County Cricket Club's YouTube channel with ball-by-ball commentary also available on BBC radio.

County Select XI squad: Will Rhodes (Warwickshire - captain), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Tom Aspinwell (Lancashire), Ethan Bamber (Middlesex), James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Jack Carson (Sussex), Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire), Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire), Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire), Jake Libby (Worcestershire), Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), James Rew (Somerset), Rob Yates (Warwickshire)