Two Essex Men players have been selected for the PCC XI in their four day tour game against Zimbabwe.
Luc Benkenstein and Jamal Richards have been included in the Professional County Club Select XI for the four-day match which begins at the Uptonsteel County Ground on Thursday 15 May.
Josh De Caires of Middlesex will captain the 13-player squad, that will be overseen by Andrew Flintoff, alongside a coaching team including of Mike Yardy, Neil Killeen, Sarah Taylor, Mark Wood and Neil McKenzie.
De Caires, 23, has made 21 first-class appearances for Middlesex which also includes Warwickshire all-rounder Dan Mousley and Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan.
Mousley made his England Men’s debut during last winter’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean while Chohan earned his maiden international call-up for that same trip.
Essex all-rounder Luc Benkenstein and Somerset wicketkeeper-batter Thomas Rew have both previously captained England Men U19s.
County Select XI squad: Josh De Caires (Middlesex – captain), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire), Luc Benkenstein (Essex), Jafer Chohan (Yorkshire), Ben Dawkins (Kent), Alex Green (Leicestershire), Eddie Jack (Hampshire), Mitch Killeen (Durham), Ben Mayes (Hampshire), Seb Morgan (Middlesex), Dan Mousley (Warwickshire), Thomas Rew (Somerset), Jamal Richards (Essex).
