Durham Academy player Tom Mackintosh has been named in Cricket Scotland’s 14 man squad for the ICC Boys U19 World Cup Europe Qualifier which takes place later this month.
Originally due to be played in Scotland in July, due to the ongoing pandemic the tournament was moved to Spain, and will be played at the Desert Spring Resort in Almeria between September 19 and September 25.
Mackintosh who has scored two centuries for Durham in this year’s ECB 2XI Championship is joined by four experienced teammates in captain Charlie Peet, Jamie Cairns, Sean Fischer-Keogh and Lyle Robertson all who played in the 2020 U19 World Cup in South Africa.
Scotland will play Jersey, the Netherlands and Ireland in the group stages with the top two teams progressing to the final. Only the overall winner of the tournament goes directly to the ICC Under-19s World Cup in 2022.
Tom Mackintosh, 18, from Edinburgh, said: “I think we’re very strong in all departments. I’m looking forward to everything about the tournament. It’s not everyday you get to go and play at such a big event and every team there is capable of winning so we will need to be at our best.”
Lead Coach Cedric English said: “There is a really good level of experience and maturity in the group. A few have been to the World Cup in South Africa, but it’s also been great to see some of the newer players performing well in the run-up to the tournament. Playing in a tournament environment is completely different, but I’m confident that we’ll be able to put what we’ve been working on over the last three months into practice and perform well out there.”
Scotland U19 Boys Squad: Jamie Cairns (Grange CC), Christopher Cole (Hampton Wick Royal CC), Olly Davidson (Harborne CC), Sam Elstone (Weston-Super-Mare CC), Sean Fischer-Keogh (Greenock CC, Gabriel Gallman-Findlay (Taunton CC). Jack Jarvis (Grange CC), Rafay Khan (Renfrew CC), Tom Mackintosh (wk) (Durham Cricket & Newcastle CC), Muhaymen Majeed (Renfrew CC), Ruaridh McIntyre (Carlton CC), Charlie Peet (c) (Grange CC). Lyle Robertson (Falkland CC), Charlie Tear (West Chiltington and Thakeham CC)
Fixtures:
20th September – Scotland v Jersey
21st September – Scotland v Netherlands
23rd September – Scotland v Ireland
25th September – Final