EPP Tour Of India To Include Matches Against Netherlands

12 October 2012

The England Performance Programme will play three matches against the Netherlands in Pune

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced further details of the England Performance Programme's (EPP) tour of India this winter.

The tour begins next month and will see the EPP squad in India alongside the senior team as they take on India in four Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals.

The EPP squad will play two three-day matches against a DY Patil Academy XI and then two one-day games and a Twenty20 game against the Netherlands.

None of the matches will carry official status and having arrived in India on 19th November, they will depart on 17th December, shortly before the senior side completes its first leg of the tour.

EPP Programme in India

19th November: departure from UK

27th-29th November: three-day game v DY Patil Academy XI, Mumbai
3rd-5th December: three-day game v DY Patil Academy XI, Mumbai

13th December: one-day game v Netherlands, Pune
14th December: one-day game v Netherlnads, Pune

16th December: Twenty20 game v Netherlands, Pune

17th December: return to the UK

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