Summary England's Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett have both been selected in Marylebone Cricket Club's XI
LONDON (AFP) - England internationals Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett have both been selected in Marylebone Cricket Club s XI for their Champion County against Middlesex in March.
Both batsmen made their England Test debuts during the recent tour of Bangladesh and India.
Hameed, 20, recovering from a broken finger suffered in India, and Duckett, 22, have also been selected for the second-string England Lions upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.
Kent batsman Sam Northeast will captain a youthful side including England Lions Joe Clarke, Tom Alsop and Lewis Gregory.
Worcestershire wicket-keeper Ben Cox, Kent all-rounder Matt Coles, Yorkshire seamer Matt Fisher and Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane complete MCC s XI.
"Having worked closely with the England selectors to assemble this group, I am very pleased with the fantastic talent we have at our disposal," said MCC head of cricket John Stephenson in a club statement.
"Haseeb Hameed, Joe Clarke and Ben Duckett are three of the most exciting young batsmen in the country at the moment, and I m looking forward to seeing them," the former England international added.
"We ve also selected a youthful and varied bowling attack which I m sure will pose problems for the Middlesex batsmen.
Traditionally played at Lord s -- a ground owned by MCC and the headquarters of Middlesex -- since 2009 the Champion County match, the curtain-raiser to the English season, transformed into a four-day day/night floodlit contest in Abu Dhabi.
This will be Middlesex s first involvement in the fixture in its current format, after they won the 2016 County Championship -- their first Championship title in 23 years.
Although its is nearly 50 years since MCC ceased to run English cricket, it retains worldwide responsibility for the sport s Laws or rules.
