Jack and Ben are up for the chase…

By Paul Jenkins
JACK Haynes and Ben Charlesworth both hit fifties as England U19s chased down 257 against India U19s to win by five wickets at Cheltenham.
Having been put into bat, India started briskly before Blake Cullen trapped Qamran Iqbal lbw in the fifth over. The scoring rate then stagnated somewhat, with England picking up regular wickets.
Somerset’s Blake Aldridge picked up two in an impressive spell of pace bowling, while Derbyshire spinner Hamidullah Qadri conceded just 37 from his ten overs, also taking two wickets.
Shubhang Hegde and Karan Lal batted well t...

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