A TRIO of Worcestershire players have been selected for the Super Fours at the National Performance Centre, Loughborough, from August 22 until 26.

Jack Haynes, Adam Finch with his second call-up and Zain Ul-Hassan have been chosen to represent the Midlands in the under 17s equivalent of the Bunburys.

The tournament will offer the cream of players in the age group the chance to show off their skills in front of England Development Programme coaches and selectors.

Worcestershire players have figured prominently in the tournament in recent years.

Six County prospects, including current first-team regular Josh Tongue, helped the Midlands win the prestigious tournament in 2015.

Then last year Josh Haynes and Finch, who had initially been named on standby, were involved.

County academy coach Elliot Wilson said: “They have done really well.

"Finchy played last year and Jack and Zain played Bunburys last year and have got into the Super Fours.

“Finchy will now go to Super Fours with a different sort of pressure on him.

"He will be one of those people everyone will be looking out for, the coaches and the players, because of his England under 19 recognition.

“Jack has played about four weeks now of second-team cricket and really stood up and showed a bit of quality.

“He has not looked out of place one bit and fingers crossed it’s the start of a long period of time being involved in professional cricket at Worcestershire.

“Zain played a couple of one-day games for the second team earlier this year. He came onto the academy this year.

“He is from Stourbridge Cricket Club and has been one of our most consistent performers in all formats this year.

“He is a very effective cricketer — a first-change seamer who bats four or five and is very good in the field.

"He is an exciting one for me. He has captained the under 17s for the last couple of weeks.”

The Midlands will participate in a round-robin 50-over competition also involving London and East, North and South West and in a T20 contest.