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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: adam1312 on February 24, 2012, 11:12:26 PM
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I have a few questions. First how can I contact the county coaches?
Secondly which is the main part of the question, what can I do to improve how can I train(bowling machine, fitness, technique, bowling) to become good enough and stand out. Also what are the main processes in getting picked for a county (is it trials then if your good enough straight into the team or is it league team then county)
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I got put forward by my club coach to attend trials and then they would decide if you are good enough based on these 4 trials...
That was 6 years ago though so may have changed and could also be different for each county!!
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The trials haven't stopped, usually its getting invited to indoor nets, first then maybe a practice game outside, as you progress and the older you get, your usually picked on your performances throughout league cricket.
How old are you? If your under the age of 16 its still usually trials!
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What county?
I didn't have any trials last year, and managed to bag a couple of games.
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I got put forward by my district team (west Dorset) attended 3 trials and was lucky enough to make the squad. Fitness is a big part of it and is where I need to improve the most.
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the easiest way if for your dad to be mates with the county coach.
Failing that you should be nominated by your club or school coaches.
If they don't know who to speak to then go into the county website and find the phone number of the relevant junior coach, contact details are usually there and call them up.
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the easiest way if for your dad to be mates with the county coach.
Spot on buzz!
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the easiest way if for your dad to be mates with the county coach.
that is true some of the county players I know aren't in my opinion good enough to be county players but have a name that is know in the area for cricket because of their dad
but should I speak to my coach, he used to play county cricket, he played 1st team once and 2nd team a lot at county level.
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If you're good enough you will get picked! Your coach will put you forward if he thinks you're good enough! Who do you play for, how old are you, and what standard because you might well be setting yourself up for a fall.
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Where I am, there is a course in early winter run by Cheshire coaches, it last (I think) for 10 weeks. If good enough you are then invited onto the next course (advanced) his also lasts around 10 weeks. The best 5 (usually) go on to the excellence course. Then the reaming best (usually 20) go on to the district course. The players on the excellence courses are most likely put on the county squad. The players who are on the district courses, the best 8-10 go on the county district team (north, east, west and south), along with the players from the excellence course who didn't make the county team.
Hope this helps :)
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When I last had trials in 2009 at under 17's for Somerset our club nominated 3 of us to go to a trial of around 60 people in Taunton, and 60 people in Bristol. They then invited 25 out of these 120 back to another trial at Taunton, and the best 16 became the county squad. I made the 2nd trial but fell short of the county squad :(
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Aseveryone else has said normally your club will nominate you for district trials and if you get picked for district team, you may then get asked to attend county trials.
Dependant on your county, sometimes being good enough isn't enough, often it's a case of who you know or who your dad is.
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the easiest way if for your dad to be mates with the county coach.
Failing that you should be nominated by your club or school coaches.
If they don't know who to speak to then go into the county website and find the phone number of the relevant junior coach, contact details are usually there and call them up.
Also an advantage if you go to a school you pay a lot of money for...
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Also an advantage if you go to a school you pay a lot of money for...
absolutely, even better if it has a former pro as a coach!
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absolutely, even better if it has a former pro as a coach!
Can't agree more, everyone in the Warwickshire junior county teams were always private schooled, or bezzies with the county coaches
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Agreed, only 3 people in the 2nd trial i went to were not in private schools.....
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Is Paul Collingwood the only non private school boy in England team in recent times?
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No flintoff and harmison also
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No flintoff and harmison also
Flintoff went to private school not sure about Harmison. The only definite non private school player I know is ravi!
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Its something high school he went to but im not sure its private is does sound like one though
But lets not get off topic
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Which county are you looking at?
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durham
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any more advice?
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Who do you play for mate?
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under 15s, academy (sunday league for progressing juniors through to senior cricket), under 18s, occasionally 2nds
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When I ask my coach about it what should I say, it may need to be a text if I want to do it soon
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It may be that your club secretary is actually the best person to go through. All of the county correspondence for my club goes through me as secretary and that includes nomination forms for county trials
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At my club it all he's through head coach who is also 15s coach
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would it not be too late now?
i know our county side has its final 15 selected...
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At my club it all he's through head coach who is also 15s coach
You get a district trial, then if they think you're good enough you'll get a county trial then if they think your good enough you'll get in. If you haven't got a district trial then unless you're really, really good or know a coach well then you are scuppered.
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lad at work is 15.. he's on the england under 16 training program etc
think they have just come back from a tour of india! he goes to normal school!
weather he will make it not sure but hes decent bowler
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so, I know it sound selfish but Im really only bothered about me getting picked for county but every match I play I WILL do everything to win for the TEAM
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No flintoff and harmison also
Which schools did they go to?
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so, I know it sound selfish but Im really only bothered about me getting picked for county but every match I play I WILL do everything to win for the TEAM
I would suggest that at 14/15, if you're wanting to be in the county squad, you should be playing minimum 2's every week. And putting answers like this one are not going to win you any friends on here. It might be worth polishing up on your manners.
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I would suggest that at 14/15, if you're wanting to be in the county squad, you should be playing minimum 2's every week. And putting answers like this one are not going to win you any friends on here. It might be worth polishing up on your manners.
i agree with you on this one. Manners at county level towards coaches Etc will get you a long long way. There is always someone you see and you think, ''my god he is sucking right up to that coach'', but the suck ups have that little more advantage.
In our leagues when i was around that age, you could only get into the county squads if you played for certain league sides. There were a few players in my age group (15-17) at the time who was told to move clubs if you wanted to progress. When the answer was ''no'', we all got letters within 7 days to say ''thanks, but no thanks''.
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sorry, it was bad manners, but im being single minded at the minuite
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sorry, it was bad manners, but im being single minded at the minuite
Not a very nice trait to have...
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end of day he knows what he wants to do and he is being selfish and wants to chase his dream nothing up with that!
i kick my self for not doing something like this when i was younger,
if i would of pushed my self more who knows i know liam was in the same boat when we where 13-14
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I got into Lincolnshire when I was 17. They paid for us to spend a weekend training at Trent Bridge with all the senior squads. First day went really well for me, but then everyone went out on the beers on the Saturday night. I got carried away and had far too many. Ended up calling the head coach a C U Next Tuesday... And so ended my county career :(
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under 15s, academy (sunday league for progressing juniors through to senior cricket), under 18s, occasionally 2nds
I mean what club fella?
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I mean what club fella?
And what league standard.
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one below premier
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So you play for either: Burnmoor, Boldon, Durham City, Felling or Philadelphia?
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Who do you play for?
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Who do you play for?
Lol, i dont think he will stalk you Adam if you let on who you play for.
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Haha thanks Burdy, I play for Ryhope mate!
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Sorry mate, you're making it really difficult for everyone to a) give a flying rats ass about your question by being so rude, or b) let any-one give you specific useful information, through not telling us the whole story. Decide what you want and come back to us :)
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Are you genuinely good enough to get into a good 1st class county set ups team that has probably already been picked due to time of the year...if not it wouldn't be worth carrying on this topic surely?
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yes, had trials before, I have improved a lot since then,but club dont get info about them now, so need another of getting in.
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had trials before but didnt get in?
Im not intending to be rude i just mean you will probably have to be exceptional to walk in to the team like you are thinking, they might just say come back next year
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Im not saying that, Im saying what are the other ways of getting picked for durham, since my club dont get info about the trials.
Does anyone know how I can contact them and get a reply?
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I would tend to agree with Kieran here mate. I think you're setting yourself up for a massive fall, and huge disappointment. If you didn't get in last time, and you haven't been invited back, then you probably stand little to no chance unless you can speak to the head youth coach direct.
There are no other ways to get picked mate, it's trials or through an EPP programme which you won't be in.
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Last time was 3 years ago, I have spent that time improving
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Then you need to get on another one by begging the county coach or cricket development officers. I very much doubt anyone will 'see' you and say 'wow, he needs to be playing county cricket'. Just don't get your hopes up will you because there are probably 100+ better cricketers that also aren't playing county cricket.
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That is what i am trying to say^^
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I very much doubt anyone will 'see' you and say 'wow, he needs to be playing county cricket'.
Why, have you seen me play, how do you know how much I have improved?
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IMHO sounds like you're at the wrong club if you're so far off the county's radar
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Sorry, but you sound so up your own and cock sure of yourself, that i think going for county and if you fail will knock you back down a peg and realise your not gods gift to cricket
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Im not saying that, Im saying what are the other ways of getting picked for durham, since my club dont get info about the trials.
Does anyone know how I can contact them and get a reply?
I've said it before but if you are at any kind of league club they will receive info on trials but your club has either:
A. Not bothered doing anything with the information
B. let the email go to junk
C. Made the decision that they don't have anybody worthy of nominating
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I got into Lincolnshire when I was 17. They paid for us to spend a weekend training at Trent Bridge with all the senior squads. First day went really well for me, but then everyone went out on the beers on the Saturday night. I got carried away and had far too many. Ended up calling the head coach a C U Next Tuesday... And so ended my county career :(
Mark Fell? Don't blame you.
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If you have been playing 'youth' cricket in like youth cup matches and youth league matches and have scored bundles of runs or taken lots of wickets, then there will be someone taking note.
Example - Joe Bloggs has made 500 runs in 10 x under16 matches or taken 40 wickets in 10 x under 16 matches - then trust me someone from the youth set up will take a look or ask for you to participate with them. You can be the most technical player with no flaws in your technique, but this means nothing with no runs or wickets.
At your cricket club you will have a youth officer that will be able to ask Durham to take a look at you as you have been performing out of the ordinary
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Why, have you seen me play, how do you know how much I have improved?
Because the right people (i.e. coaches and scouts) will have far better things to do than trawl around the 2nd XI and club U15 circuit looking for players that they already have. Unless your coach can recommend you, i doubt anyone else's will, as they will have their own players that they will want to recommend as improving through county will improve their team. Are you hitting 65+ every time you bat/taking 4/5 wickets every time you bowl, because I;m guessing that is what you will need to be doing to be good enough, if you are only playing 2nd's occasionally which suggests you're a) not good enough to play every week, or b) not committed enough. We have players who are 14/15, playing and performing in our 2nds every week who aren't even close to county selection.
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firstly befor you go for full county try your minor county or district side as more chance and if you impress there you will be put on right path
ive played with and against some very good players who were not in the set ups and some average ones that were but just dont pin all your hopes on as i had trials when 17 but knee blew not long after impressing and knocked me back for a while but bounced back now
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your own and cock sure of yourself
you believe that
the county players I know dont take 4/5 wickets every week or get 50+ every match, county bowlers get 2-3 wickets most matches and 30+ runs when they play 15s
which is what I have done apart from for 2-3 matches when I was in bad form, whats the difference. everyone gets out of form.
Im not lying
Also I was 2nd highest run scorer for my team, top played county and top wicket taker and had one of the best bowling averages in the league
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Well then, you don't need any advice from us do you?
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Its not advice in cricketing ability terms its ways to get trials or something for county cricket I would like.
also how to contact them
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I can't comment as I've never seen you play, or maybe I have and I just don't know it? But to get into the Durham set up for ages U15's or U17's is going to be extremely difficult, they currently have an excellent set up there and would take a serious amount of run's or wicket's at club level to get noticed!
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Its not advice in cricketing ability terms its ways to get trials or something for county cricket I would like.
also how to contact them
Which you have been given, and have ignored!
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how to contact ???
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Like I said look up your district as most county's will not respond or give out trials without references etc from coaches they know but easier to get a reply from district or minor county set ups from your league board and is the step below county but upto you if you listen
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Durham set up for ages U15's or U17's is going to be extremely difficult, they currently have an excellent set up
I have played some of their 15s, some are good but most I have played arent that good
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Would love to see these averages.
Last time i will comment on this thread. Good luck with what you are dreaming for.
P.s, how about another County instead of Durham
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you believe that
the county players I know dont take 4/5 wickets every week or get 50+ every match, county bowlers get 2-3 wickets most matches and 30+ runs when they play 15s
which is what I have done apart from for 2-3 matches when I was in bad form, whats the difference. everyone gets out of form.
Im not lying
Also I was 2nd highest run scorer for my team, top played county and top wicket taker and had one of the best bowling averages in the league
Maybe they just think you're a dick? :D
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I have played some of their 15s, some are good but most I have played are that good
Then your ego will have no problem fitting in then will it?
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how to contact ???
http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/pages/contacts/ (http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/pages/contacts/)
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http://durhamcb.play-cricket.com/home/aboutUs.asp
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[url]http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/pages/contacts/[/url] ([url]http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/pages/contacts/[/url])
thanks
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You are welcome, good luck with it
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Mark Fell? Don't blame you.
Yeah, that's right. To be fair, on this occasion it was me being a dick
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Yeah, that's right. To be fair, on this occasion it was me being a dick
Probably had it coming to him anyway. Absolutely ruined our local league by turning it into a monopoly, then thought Bracebridge could make it in the Notts ECB league. Got absolutely annihilated for a season, ran back to ours. Now the club is falling to bits. Karma.
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I have emailed Durham asking about how to go about getting trials and eventually selected IF YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH, hopefully will get a response
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I don't understand you saying that your not getting a chance if your good enough, all senior league clubs have excellent links with the county bar maybe one but that's not relevant, also the county ran a development course for the best 60 of each age group over the winter, if you weren't in the best 60 then you haven't got a chance! Also if you are this good then you would be playing for the senior league in the inter league games which the county assign a coach too?
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you believe that
the county players I know dont take 4/5 wickets every week or get 50+ every match, county bowlers get 2-3 wickets most matches and 30+ runs when they play 15s
which is what I have done apart from for 2-3 matches when I was in bad form, whats the difference. everyone gets out of form.
Im not lying
Also I was 2nd highest run scorer for my team, top played county and top wicket taker and had one of the best bowling averages in the league
Do you have a playcricket page with all your stats on? Would you mind posting it. I hope this hasn't come across in a rude way.
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Mark Fell? Don't blame you.
Not the best person to call a c**t haha
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No, it doesn't get updated because it thinks that the team only played 5 matches all season and that I played 3. But since I played every 15s match plus other matches. It is incorrect
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shame theres no stats to back up your chat
sound rather confident
mind you so would I if I was best player on my street
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From what you have said in your previous posts, I've done you a nice letter you can copy and send!
Dear Durham people boss person or whoever makes the decisions
My Dad doesn't know you, so you probably won't know me but I am a very good player and would love to play for your little team.
I had trials before but I was 3 years younger and had to go home early because I forgot my packed lunch - this time I promise to bring my A-game and my packed lunch.
I am a good player and am one of the highest scorers/wicket takers in the league! I can't say which league and don't have any offical stats to back up my claim but honesy gov...I am and can provide written confirmation from any member of my family! Alas we do not have a coach or youth officer in my team but ask anyone and they'll tell you how good I am...I have my own kit and everything!!!
Just come and see me play and you'll be well sick........I'm a wicked player!
Cheers mate
Ok - so it's a little sarcastic! But the reason for that is that you have provided no real information about yourself! For people to help you, you need to be open and honest and genuine, and basically you had your chance to confirm who you played for and where you bowled/batted, etc! But you have been very secretive. We have heard so many claims on here, particularly when people want sponsorship.
So if you would genuinely like people to help you, then try being open and honest and you'll be surprised how helpful people can be!!! 8)
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this reminds me of afg_morris? anyone else sceptical?
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Adam, do you play district or league side cricket?
If the answer is no, then I'm sorry but you won't be up to county standard, even if the answer is yes then you will have been noticed already and deemed
Not good enough by the county coaches! The county does not just have 1 coach, there are usually 6 or 7 who go around trying to pick out the best talent!
From your previous posts about trigger movements and Kevin pietersen kit bags etc, it seems you want to look the part, which is all well and good if you can back it
up!
May i suggest something, instead of spending time on the forum, why don't you practice and try and develop your NATURAL ability instead of mimicking other players.
If you are good enough, you will get spotted, don't go chasing after things! Your 15, there's no rush!
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you believe that
the county players I know dont take 4/5 wickets every week or get 50+ every match, county bowlers get 2-3 wickets most matches and 30+ runs when they play 15s
which is what I have done apart from for 2-3 matches when I was in bad form, whats the difference. everyone gets out of form.
Im not lying
Also I was 2nd highest run scorer for my team, top played county and top wicket taker and had one of the best bowling averages in the league
If the top is already playing country and your being ignored, your answer is there!
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If you're good enough then eventually you'll get in. If you're not in, then you're not good enough. Undiscovered talent is never undiscovered for very long.
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on the talent side...
at 14 Alistair Cook had a ton against his school 1st xl playing as a guest for the MCC.
question 1 - have you scored a ton yet at any level?
if not, then that should be your first target.
score 2 and then the county coaches will look at you.
similar with bowling.
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If you take 0-100 no coach is going to look at you ;)
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If you take 0-100 no coach is going to look at you ;)
bit unfair it wasnt really possible to get 100 in junior cricket as you had to retire at 50,
i used to play againts bresnan when we where kids and he pretty much got 50 every game and (No Swearing Please) loads of wickets!
wouldnt mind seeing some of his junior cricket stats before he went to yorkshire
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really - I was playing full afternoon games from 13... and all day games from 16 - this whole retiring at 50 to give everyone a game thing is rubbish - even in Adult 2020 cricket in my book!
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yeah dont get me wrong i was playing open age cricket on a sat from 13, but never got 100 till i was 17.
all i could find on tim...
"By 13, Bresnan was in Castleford’s adult second team and gained local notoriety when, in four consecutive matches, he took a wicket with his first ball when opening the bowling.
Another of the club’s old boys, Chris Silverwood, was soon to play for England and Bresnan looked likely to follow him when he was picked for the national Under 15 side, and then became the youngest player to play for Yorkshire in 20 years when he made the first team at 16.""
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Ive faced Cjris Silverwood, Just saying ha
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bit unfair it wasnt really possible to get 100 in junior cricket as you had to retire at 50,
i used to play againts bresnan when we where kids and he pretty much got 50 every game and (No Swearing Please) loads of wickets!
wouldnt mind seeing some of his junior cricket stats before he went to yorkshire
I was lucky enough to sneak a junior 100 in before this rule, would have been very annoyed at having to walk off after 8 or 9 overs on 50!
Also the earlier points about knowing the right people are very true. I played 2 county matches at the age of 12 purely because my school teacher was running the side in the coaches absence that week! 34* and 0-16 from 4 overs was the extent of my county career as I disappeared in to the wilderness of club and school cricket!
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I reckon I must have played against Bresnan, as I used to play against Castleford 2nd XI from the ages of 15-18, and I think he's 2-3 years younger than me
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50 a few times and 5 wickets quite often
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50 a few times and 5 wickets quite often
You really don't understand!!
Adam - if you'd like people to help you and advise, then let them know who you play for, what standard you play, examples of who you've played well against, scorecards on your better innings, etc!
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I reckon I must have played against Bresnan, as I used to play against Castleford 2nd XI from the ages of 15-18, and I think he's 2-3 years younger than me
maybe mate,
i used to play againts him when he was u17 and i would of been maybe been u15/u13
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50 a few times and 5 wickets quite often
50 a few times?
lol mate when i was under 13 under 15 and under 17's
i probs got about 10 50's a season,
and i am no wear near county standard so it doesnt really mean poop
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50 a few times?
lol mate when i was under 13 under 15 and under 17's
i probs got about 10 50's a season,
and i am no wear near county standard so it doesnt really mean poop
This had may as well be locked hadn't it. He's obviously full of proverbial and just on here to waste people's time! He's got his answer, there's nothing anyone else can do for him. He also doesn't sound like he's any good so let him fail on his own!
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When I was at District I thought I was amazing, I hit 42 and 33 opening the batting in our last season, U15, and thought I would get a county trial. Now looking back on it after 3/4 years I was very average! Getting into County isn't be all and end all of playing cricket. My mate was in county when we were younger, he didn't get re-selected around under 14's and now we both play 1st team cricket, at an ok standard, I open the batting and bowl. He will be my opening bowler this year when I take over as captain.
What % of junior county players actually make it as a cricketer? I bet the ones that do will have been in the county set up from a young age, around 11? Of course there will be a few exceptions.
Basically, as long as you enjoy your cricket and improve as you get older, then you will get your chance, maybe not at county but at premier league level. Thats what my hopes are, after junior cricket finished I started in the 2nd team, then worked my way up to 1st team opening bat and now onto first team capatain and got selcted for the District U21 side. As long as I keep working at my cricket then I hope to play premier league cricket in 6/7 years time when I'm good enough
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Yeah so I rambled a bit then, I'll highlight the important bit!
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I completely agree with the comments on here, I'm out of touch with the way cricket is organised now but if you have ambitions to play county you really need to be performing in a good standard of senior cricket. Junior cricket is fine but I played with a lot of people in u18's and below who regularly hit a lot if runs and this was the northern league u18's so a pretty good standard - but some didn't do much in senior cricket.
I played senior cricket from 11, and for lancs league u15's and northern league u18's but I was nowhere near a county squad. I think only one of the guys at that age group made it to play first class cricket and even then only briefly.
You really need to be playing premiership standard at about 15 or 16 I reckon to be in with a shout of county.
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I never played cricket as a junior as I was busy with other sports (deprived childhood with no cricket!)
But I mirror what you say about having to play senior as it's a totally different level!! My main sports when I were a wee nipper was martial arts - Judo as a junior and Shoto Kai and Shoto Budo Karate as a senior.
Judo was very different as junior and senior! No strangleholds and arm locks, etc as a junior and very different game!! Didn't do Karate as a junior but helped teach it to juniors and the difference of intensity is on another level (the seniors are far more intense!) Even the best 17 year old black belt was easy pickings, no matter how quick they were! And they used to learn so much more from sparring with myself or another senior than they would ever learn from sparring with other juniors! I'm assuming that it would be the same with cricket - alot of it is mental application and concentration.
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i completely agree with the majority of comments, a lot is about whether you play for a fashionable club or not. and who you know. I played district cricket under 14 and 15 and scored 2 centuries in 3 games at under 15 yet just missed out on county selection. i didn't play for the right club and probably didnt have the technique against really good bowling yet have always scored big runs against medium pace dobbers. (it didnt help that at 15 i had an awful attitude and thought too much of myself) i now coach junior district sides and i see the same thing happening. You see players who may score runs but as they get older you see they don't have the tools to make it, they just develop more quickly than others.
back to the original point i think the lad in question probably isnt good enough as he seems to have no reason to suggest he is. But at times even those with pretty exceptional stats will come to realise they havent got what i takes as you get older, as the most crucial time for develpment is between about 15 and 18
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to add to that i played senior cricket from about 13 and scored a ton at 14 in my seconds then played firsts that season, and as a coach i would look more at how a lot of juniors have performed in senior games as it is generally a testiment to their charecter that they don't let the step up affect them
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Spot on to that!
The step up to a decent standard of senior will test the mindset and atitude of the junior for sure!
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i never got near the county side, because i were rubbish ;)
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i never got near the county side, because i were rubbish ;)
I was awesome and got nowhere near my county side !! ;)
Actually I got picked once but didn't end up playing for some reason... I did captain a select public schools XI a couple of times and that was quite fun (except when we got smashed by a touring SA school side!)
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Here Adam. I posted this during last season. Take a look at the scores of batsman 1 & 3. these are the sort of scores that will get you noticed, be it against a poor youth team or good youth team.
http://wanstead.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_190943/Boys-Under-16s-v-Buckhurst-Hill-26-Jun-2011.aspx
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Sorry but some people have a ridiculous idea of what county standard is. I know someone who is at Lancashire (who are national champions at his age group) who has never hit a 50 for his club, never mind his county, with best figures of 2/10 last season. He barely gets in to his club's 2Xi which not to mention is a very poor standard of 2Xi cricket. You would be surprised.
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Fully agree there I played against a lad who played Warwickshire u18 or 19 whatever the age group was as I took 20 odd more wickets than him in same league but his dad knew somebody so got in
A few lads that played age group were crap but at least only the decent ones seem to get through to 1stxi
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you do get some decent players though http://ashtead.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11137376 15 year old in the surrey champ premier 200
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I have played with that guy.
some of the surrey "unders" are impressive.
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I used to play rugby with him and ive played against him and his Dad theyre quite a talented sporting family
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I don't know what the standard of age group county cricket or how you would go about getting picked.
What I can tell you relates to hockey, getting to regional level as a junior requires you to be in the right program and you have to be nominated to JRPC trials at the various age groups, if you make it through JRPC trials you get to go to HiPAC u15/u17 or the Futures Cup u16/u18 and from there to the National Age Group squads.
I'm guessing cricket will have a similar set up and if you haven't been nominated I would guess that either means you are not considered good enough or the person who is supposed to communicate this stuff hasn't done it.
If getting to into a county age group is your dream then by all means persue it, by the sounds of it you may need to move to a club with an established history of getting juniors into the county set up, if you do move to one of these clubs then make sure you listen to the coaches, if they tell you that you need to work on something to get noticed then go away and work on it.
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Having played county u16 hockey for Staffordshire it can come down to what club you play for as only 5/6 out of the squad were not from Cannock it seemed to all us if you were from Cannock you got in if not you had to work harder so not to dissimilar to the cricket round there
But I can't be bitter as before my knee went I was on warickshires radar as had trials for u19 and was asked back but after knee went could not bowl so fell off cricket really for couple of years so I had my shot :( :( :(
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exactly the way staffs is but has moved away from cannock to the stoke clubs more nowadays
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I played for Cumbria Under 16s in what was then the Texaco County Championship North (a long time ago as I'm now 44!) and I was one of only two players in the team not from St Bees School, which is a private school in West Cumbria. I felt like an intruder at a private party as the coaches spent all their time with the established members of the team and barely gave me the time of day. I didn't play too badly but was never asked back. In all honesty, I wasn't quite good enough to stand out at that level and Cumbria were well and truly hammered by Lancs, Yorks, Northumberland and South of Scotland but I hope that the selection net for County juniors is cast a bit wider these days as some of the private school guys were no better than other guys I played against week in week out, but who never got a chance at County level.
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Having played county u16 hockey for Staffordshire it can come down to what club you play for as only 5/6 out of the squad were not from Cannock it seemed to all us if you were from Cannock you got in if not you had to work harder so not to dissimilar to the cricket round there
But I can't be bitter as before my knee went I was on warickshires radar as had trials for u19 and was asked back but after knee went could not bowl so fell off cricket really for couple of years so I had my shot :( :( :(
Are you still playing hockey? Sounds like you are/were pretty good!
I'll be at Cannock in a couple of weeks for the EH Trophy Final, hoping to see Guernsey win it again :) Too old/fat/not good enough to get anywhere near the team now so will spectate with a beer.
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Semi retired after 17 years of sport 48 weeks of year
Still play a little but well below level I did as to play decent level would mean an hours drive every week plus loads of training so just help out a local side when I can
I miss the Cannock festivals as they were fun but I always ended up playing for Loughborough or Cannock bar staff for some reason rather than my team haha
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Take 50 wickets, and/or score a 1000 runs in what ever your closest ECB prem league is..they'll pick you then.
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I'll be at Cannock in a couple of weeks for the EH Trophy Final, hoping to see Guernsey win it again :) Too old/fat/not good enough to get anywhere near the team now so will spectate with a beer.
I am hoping to be playing in the Vets Cup Final against Reading - trying to negotiate with the wife that I can disappear from the planned long weekend!! :(