England Under-19s are struggling at the
World Cup but graduates from that level underpin Joe Root’s Test sideWhile the
England Test team were embarking on a deserved celebration of the Port Elizabeth victory on Monday, which was no doubt measured by the proximity of the final Test starting on Friday, the under-19 team were in Kimberley playing their first match in the World Cup against West Indies. On a brown, grassless surface they lost by 71 runs, which did not come as a great surprise.
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