Sussex players star for England U19s

It's been fantastic to see Sussex's Mollie Adams, Eve O'Neill and Shristi Patil all representing England U19s in the ongoing tri-series tournament in Australia.

The team flew out last month and are coming to the end of this series, that also features Sri Lanka U19s. It's a tournament of six matches, one 50-over game and two T20s against both the hosts and Sri Lanka.

The results haven't quite been as positive as Head Coach Chris Guest would have hoped for, yet this is a further immense opportunity and experience for a lot of these young cricketers who are still very much developing.

Supporters will be familiar with Adams and O'Neill, who played consistently last season for the Sharks (the former also being the daughter of legendary Sussex player, Chris Adams). 17-year-old Patil is a highly talented young batting all-rounder who joins this season from Berkshire, and all three will prove to be huge assets to Alexia Walker's side this season.

On speaking of her time over in Australia, Adams said: "I think I can say we’ve not had the results we would have wanted as a team, but there has been plenty of positives to take and lessons learned in Australian conditions. It’s been great to be a part of this group and we are looking forward to hopefully finishing this tour strong."

There's one final match of the series to ensure the young England side go out on a high, with that a T20 against Sri Lanka in the early hours of Friday morning. We wish our Sussex representatives all the very best in that one as they look to claim a first victory of the tournament, before they return home to put on a show in a Sussex shirt.