Congratulations to Middlesex’s Farooq Mohammed, who has been named in the England Men’s Mixed Disability team to tour India in the new year.
Following a successful trial series this summer against the same opposition – in which England won 6-1 – the team will play a five-match IT20 series across the end of January and beginning of February.
The series during the summer was the first-ever Mixed Disability international series.
Farooq is one of four deaf players in the squad travelling to India alongside Lancashire’s James Dixon, Surrey’s Josh Price and Yorkshire’s Henry Wainman.
Head of Disability Cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board, Ian Martin, added:
"We were hugely enthused by last summer’s trial series against India and it’s becoming increasingly clear that there is a global appetite for Mixed Disability cricket.
“We spoke when we launched last summer’s series about the challenges many international boards face in adequately and consistently supporting their disability teams and we firmly believe that Mixed Disability cricket will be a vehicle to drive the disability game forward. We are hearing a lot of encouraging noises from other Boards and we expect to be playing more Mixed Disability international series in the future.
“We’re delighted to be reciprocating India’s trip to the UK for our first overseas tour, and look forward to a competitive and entertaining series against a team who will no doubt provide a stern test. It’s great to see four new faces in the group and I’m sure they’ll all be doing everything they can to earn their place in the XI.”
ENGLAND SQUAD TO TOUR INDIA:
Callum Flynn (Lancashire, captain), Angus Brown (Hampshire), James Dixon (Lancashire), Chris Edwards (Cheshire), Farooq Mohammed (Middlesex), Jonathan Gale (Surrey), Alex Hammond (Hampshire), Tom Meskell (Lancashire), Liam O'Brien (Sussex), Brendan Parr (Devon), Josh Price (Surrey), Alfie Pyle (Sussex), Jake Vosloo (Sussex), Henry Wainman (Yorkshire), Jordan Williams (Lancashire)
