Highton heading to India as Assistant Coach with England Mixed Disability squad

Derbyshire Second XI Head Coach Chris Highton is set to travel to India with the England Men’s Mixed Disability side as Assistant Coach.

England Men’s Mixed Disability team will travel to India on their first overseas tour in January 2026, after a successful trial home series this summer.

Selectors have named a 15-strong squad, with four new faces added to the group who beat the same opposition 6-1 in the first-ever series of Mixed Disability international cricket earlier this year.

Callum Flynn will continue as captain, with Jonathan Gale, Alex Hammond, Tom Meskell and Jake Vosloo called up for the first time in Mixed Disability Cricket.

For Tom Meskell and Jake Vosloo, it represents their inaugural international call-up. Should he feature in India, Jake Vosloo will become the youngest player to play Mixed Disability international Cricket, at 16 years of age.

Highton carries on from his heavy involvement with the side over the years, most recently as Assistant Coach during last summer for the team.

The team will compete in a five-match IT20 series across the end of January and beginning of February.

Callum Flynn (Lancashire, PD, captain)
Angus Brown (Hampshire, PD)
James Dixon (Lancashire, Deaf)
Chris Edwards (Cheshire, LD)
Mohammad Farooq (Middlesex, Deaf)
Jonathan Gale (Surrey, LD)
Alex Hammond (Hampshire, PD)
Tom Meskell (Lancashire, LD)
Liam O’Brien (Sussex, PD)
Brendan Parr (Devon, PD)
Josh Price (Surrey, Deaf)
Alfie Pyle (Sussex, LD)
Jake Vosloo (Sussex, PD)
Henry Wainman (Yorkshire, Deaf)
Jordan Williams (Lancashire, PD)