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Griffiths is off to Bangladesh
Sunday 1st January 2012

Ormskirk paceman Gavin Griffiths, who made his international début during the summer against South Africa, has been named in a 15 man England U19 squad to tour Bangladesh.

The tour party, which includes eight players who featured in the series aganst South Africa, departs the UK on January 12th for a seven match series of U19 one day internationals against their hosts with the first match taking place at Chittagong on January 20th.

The full squad is:

Adam Ball (Kent) captain
Muhammad Abid (Lancashire)
Shozail Ali (Warwickshire)
Daniel Bell Drummond (Kent)
Ben Foakes (Essex)
Gavin Griffiths (Lancashire)
Brett Hutton (Nottinghamshire)
Aneesh Kapil (Worcestshire)
Sam Kelsall (Nottinghamshire)
Jack Leaning (Yorkshire)
Craig Overton (Somerset)
Jamie Overton (Somerset)
Rammy Singh (Durham)
Kishen Velani (Essex)
Sam Wood (Nottinghshire)

Tour itinerary:

January 13th England arrive .
January 17th warm up match at Chittagong
January 20th 1st ODI at Chittagong
January 21st 2nd ODI at Chittagong
January 24th 3rd ODI at Chittagong
January 28th 4th ODI at Sylhet
January 30th 5th ODI at Sylhet
February 3rd 6th ODI at Dhaka
February 5th 7th ODI at Fatullah
February 6th England depart .