Young Sussex star Delray heads Down Under

During his time with the State squad in Australia, Delray will receive specialist spin-bowling coaching from former Australia leg-spinner, Stuart MacGill.

The alrounder is one of eight English players awarded an Overseas Placement this winter.

Explaining the purpose of the Overseas Placements, the ECB’s Performance Director said: “By exposing talented young players to an unsupported, unstructured cricket programme in a challenging overseas environment, the aim of Overseas Placements is to develop the skills and also independence required to be a successful international cricketer.”

In May 2016, Rawlins was included in England’s under-19 development programme. He participated in a training camp in Dubai later in the year and in December 2016 was selected in the England under-19s squad for a tour of India in early 2017.

In the first international of the tour, against the India under-19s, Rawlins came in sixth in the batting order and scored 107 not out from 88 balls, including eight fours and five sixes.

In April 2017, he made his first-class cricket debut for Sussex in the County Championship and a month later he made his List A debut for Sussex against the touring South Africans team.