Four Abingdon School pupils have been selected to join the Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire junior academies.

Daniel Matthews, 15, from Chinnor, has been training within the Gloucestershire Gladiators Junior Academy while Max Mannering, 13, from Northmoor, Alex Davies, 13, from Lower Heyford and Henry Sensecall, 15, from Witney have been taking part in sessions with the Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Damian Shirazi, master in charge of cricket, said: “I must pay tribute to the boys for their hard work and dedication.”

Two of last year’s Abingdon School leavers, Nathaniel Watkins and Joshua Smith have been selected for the Durham University Cricket Centre of Excellence.