Sussex have announced their academy intake for the 2015 season.
Five players have retained their places for a further year while there are two players new to the set-up, which is a combined programme between the ECB and Sussex, making it the smallest number of academy players at Sussex for several years.
Leo Cammish, Izzy Collis, George Garton, Tom Haines and Phil Salt have all retained their places from last season’s programme, while Daniel Doram and Jonty Jenner have both been selected for the first time.
Doram, a 17-year-old left-arm spinner who has already featured in both first-class and List A cricket for the Netherlands, and batsman Jenner, also 17, have joined Sussex Academy after impressive performances on a tour of Sri Lanka last month, when the travelling squad exceeded expectations against higher-graded opposition.
LATEST NEWS: Sussex announce Academy intake for 2015. See link for the full story... @academy_sussexhttp://t.co/ONQEc1p7ne#GOSBTS
— Sussex CCC (@SussexCCC) January 12, 2015
Cammish, Garton, Collis and Haines will also be looking to improve on a promising 2014 season, with the latter selected for the England Under-17’s squad to travel to the United Arab Emirates to play Pakistan next month.
Sussex Academy director Keith Greenfield said: “We’re hugely excited by the group we have together and are very much looking forward to the programme progressing.
“We’re looking forward to continuing the hard work with all of those players and we welcome two more hugely exciting prospects in the shape of Daniel and Jonty.
“All of these players have the potential to go on to play first-class cricket or in Izzy’s case, for England Women. We hope that the bulk of them will begin to make a huge difference in second XI cricket this season.”