Alastair Birkby has become the first boy from Bucks to be selected for the South of England U13 team for more than five years.

The Bucks U13 captain, who goes to Doctor Challoner's Grammar School, will be playing matches against representative teams from the North of England, Midlands and the West.

Birkby, who plays for Chesham CC, is still only 12 and a year under age. He is one of two boys in the Bucks Academy and is also part of the MCC School of Merit at Lord's.