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[Apple]

In the UK.....

Public School - Private School/Borders IE elitist
State/Comprehensive - Free for all mate

Actually,

Private school - fee paying from all

public school- Lots of scholorships handed out, few pay TONS, and lots of people donating cash etc.

State school- free

[Colesy]

Definitely not at my level lol

[tommo256]

We have all sorts at our clubs, hence why im still there.
But our minor county I gave seen is very selective, and almost takes the P*** as they only select from 3/4 main clubs and dont give my club a look in when we are playing the 2nd possible highest standard

[haider-k]

Im sorry, but the county side i play in lancashire isn't full of public school kids!
When we were in the u14's we had 1 private school lad, and we won the national championship that year!
I think up north, with a lot of the lads i know who play for durham derbyshire yorkshire etc, none of them are private school boys, though down south, i know that a lot of them are private school lads!
I don't think you can judge youth county cricket, yes it can be expensive, my side lancashire is the only county side i know in which you have to pay for your full kit! But we don't have an elitist attitude, we have a pakistani lad who came over from there when he was 12, and we have lads who come from some tough schools! None of us are snobs or elitist.

Are you talking about Mohammed Abid? I have played with him a couple of times, talented player he is. Which club do you play for mate?


Cricket is definitely a game where you need to have money to succeed and go far (NOT NECCESARILY THOUGH). I spoke to a coach who coaches a Lancashire U14 player and he told me that MONEY is a big factor for young county cricketers. He showed me that most of the kids there have parents who are willing to invest in their kids in terms of quality gear, one on one coaching etc. to improve their cricket. That said, it is not always true. He coaches a bunch of kids for free on the weekends, which I highly respect. So its more about Money than attending State or Public School, but if you have money I would assume you would send your kids to Private School.

[coverpoint_pro]

Are you talking about Mohammed Abid? I have played with him a couple of times, talented player he is. Which club do you play for mate?


Cricket is definitely a game where you need to have money to succeed and go far (NOT NECCESARILY THOUGH). I spoke to a coach who coaches a Lancashire U14 player and he told me that MONEY is a big factor for young county cricketers. He showed me that most of the kids there have parents who are willing to invest in their kids in terms of quality gear, one on one coaching etc. to improve their cricket. That said, it is not always true. He coaches a bunch of kids for free on the weekends, which I highly respect. So its more about Money than attending State or Public School, but if you have money I would assume you would send your kids to Private School.

I most certainly am, he is a very good leggie!
Me and him got into the side in the same year! Really nice lad! Will be very surprised if he doesn't make it!

I play at padiham cc now, was formerly at lowerhouse cc

[MEvans267]

My brother has been involved with the Kent set up in the past few years, found alot of the boys there go to private schools. The coaches seem to like the kids to play alot of cricket and other sports to a high standard. Its the public schools that usually offer that.

[tim2000s]

We have all sorts at our clubs, hence why im still there.
But our minor county I gave seen is very selective, and almost takes the P*** as they only select from 3/4 main clubs and dont give my club a look in when we are playing the 2nd possible highest standard

Surely though, a minor county is going to want the best, not the second best?

[tommo256]

Surely though, a minor county is going to want the best, not the second best?

That is true, but they dont give our club a look in all because we are a village side, and play the same standard as 2 of those clubs so

[Johng]

It is the same in Australia as we inherited it from the motherland. There has only been 3 Australian Captains who have not attended elite public schools, Bill Lawry, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.

Cricket at high levels is dominated by public school kids and government school kids are left to make up the numbers. Migrant minorities play most of there cricket in the lower leagues and the good ones which are few are recruited to high grade cricket. India is the worst for making cricket elite as selection is based class and money leaving the poor and talented cricketers to look on.

[procricket]

I remember when i was 15 playing for Lancashire Schools there was me and one other who had to catch a train to a home game.
When we got there there were plenty of big cars around and i did feel out of place..

I remember putting on my 2nd hand welkins and getting my trust DF magnum out given to me by Glen Chapple about 4 years earlier.. They had all the best kit as well...

In them days it was all about Rossall and QEGS at Blackburn.

But in saying that the people who made it went to none of them schools and the work i have seen done at the junior level is incurging and crickets from all backgrounds are getting a chance and rightly so..

Good to see the current Lancashire side some working class lads there taking there chance

[Apple]

2 years ago my Middlesex team was basically all private school, now its about half and half, with 3 Bengali lads who are so talented. They  wouldnt get a chance in playing for a county team, if it wasn't for a scheme run in tower hamlets. They are all driven to practice, or matches by a coach on the scheme, its amazing. I shouldn't really comment but, they defiantly struggle financially, I think one of the boys parents are still in Bangladesh.