#TFTD Should the ECB fund a programme for genuine late developers or carry on funding a 2nd/3rd chance for early developers who are unlikely to return to pro cricket?

Rob Reed 📅 🏏@onemoresummer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A pathway (back) into pro cricket is via the National Counties Challengers team. In their 1st game yesterday: 5 born Sept 7 of 10 (1 unknown) born Sept-Oct (Q1) 6 of 11 independently schooled 3 from Millfield live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

A pathway (back) into pro cricket is via the National Counties Challengers team. In their 1st game yesterday: 5 born Sept 7 of 10 (1 unknown) born Sept-Oct (Q1) 6 of 11 independently schooled 3 from Millfield live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

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The Salamander Effect

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#TFTD If the new (dubious) development model is for the best state school kids to be highly scouted by independent schools and given (full?) scholarships at 13, do we think there may be a bias towards early developers???

All 4 of Somerset CCC homegrown state schoolers are 'State & Late'. 2 have already played for England. 👇 @somersetccc.bsky.social

Rob Reed 📅 🏏@onemoresummer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Against the Odds? The double-disadvantaged cricketers who make it to the top. 🏏🎓 ‘State & Late’ are 2x as likely to play for England as independently educated or state & early. onemoresummer.co.uk/post/how-do-...

#TFTD 1 in every 14 UK developed male professional cricketers were educated at just *2* schools. 🏏🧐 Millfield School Kings College, Taunton

Another excellent analysis by Rob Reed here. Some fascinating effects at play across the state and indy cohorts. Underlines importance of understanding the evidence as we consider mitigations.

Rob Reed 📅 🏏@onemoresummer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Against the Odds? The double-disadvantaged cricketers who make it to the top. 🏏🎓 ‘State & Late’ are 2x as likely to play for England as independently educated or state & early. onemoresummer.co.uk/post/how-do-...

Against the Odds? The double-disadvantaged cricketers who make it to the top. 🏏🎓 ‘State & Late’ are 2x as likely to play for England as independently educated or state & early. onemoresummer.co.uk/post/how-do-...

FACT: A quarter of all male professional cricketers (101), who grew up in England & Wales, went to just 23 independent schools. 🏏🧑‍🎓 Which ones are best at developing England players? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🤯 Wow. 75% of English professional cricketers aged under 22 were independently educated. 🏏🎓 onemoresummer.co.uk/post/does-yo...

Does your county have more or less male English cricketers who went to Independent School than the national average? 🏏👨‍🎓🧭 onemoresummer.co.uk/post/does-yo...

@crickether.com Quick Q. Where do I find results/table info on Tier 2 & 3 teams pls? Obvs easy for the FCC men, Tier 1 women & the National Counties men have a flashy new website but that doesn't cover T2/3 women. 🤔 Many thanks.

#TFTD Ben Stokes... 'The talent that we have in England is just unquestionable. The pool of players, the talent that we have, it's probably as good as it's been in a very long time' Have we ever had a 'system' that has 45% of male professionals coming from 0.5% of the general population?

What can we do to improve the MCCF Hub model so MORE state school kids reach 'talent pathways'? 🏏 onemoresummer.co.uk/post/ideas-t...

This sounds encouraging... £500K raised for Knight-Stokes Cup 'programme'... would be delivered by the MCC Foundation (MCCF)... aims to create high quality environments – akin to centres of excellence – for talented state-educated cricketers to thrive. www.lords.org/lords/news-s...

I blame George Orwell. He basically wrote a 'How To' guide for where we're at.

#TFTD How much of the annual £1m MCCF Hub expenditure ends up in the coffers of independent schools through facility hire? A large proportion of this money is charitable donations (legacies, trusts etc) as well as ECB & MCC money.

Fascinating analysis of the scholarship pathway to the professional game of #cricket

Rob Reed 📅 🏏@onemoresummer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are scholarships cricket's biggest red herring? 🏏🧑‍🎓💷 Just how many state school kids who benefit from 'free' independent schooling become professionals? onemoresummer.co.uk/post/are-sch...

This article is almost 5 years old! Is Maturation currently the biggest unaddressed issue in Player ID & Development in English Cricket? onemoresummer.co.uk/post/is-matu... * Dated 2024 when updated but published in 2021.

Is Maturation currently the biggest unaddressed issue in Player ID & Development in English Cricket? | One More Summer

Inter player differences in maturation can be at least 5 years (Figure 1) whereas Relative Age Effects (RAE) are only up to 1 year (1). In development environments the magnitude of the effect of these...

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In cricket is it unlawful to discriminate because of (relative) age indirectly through rules, policies or arrangements? * from 2022 but the Q is still open. onemoresummer.co.uk/post/age-is-...

Age is a protected characteristic: ECB EDI Training | One More Summer

The ECB have produced an excellent EDI online training module for recreational cricket. This is, in part, a response to recent findings of racism in cricket as discussed by the DCMS committee for exam...

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🏏 New County #Cricket newsletter. Pls share & enjoy 🟣 The Great Divide comes into focus 🟢 Durham, Hants, Yorks sign overseas 🟠 Pre-season probs 🔴 Ravi reaches the end? 🔵 Bransgrove predicts counties may go under 🟡 ECB's comms plans backfire

No 177, Mar 18: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter

🟣 The Great Divide comes into focus 🟢 Durham, Hants, Yorks sign overseas 🟠 Pre-season probs 🔴 Has Ravi reached the end? 🔵 Bransgrove predicts counties may go under 🟡 ECB's comms plans backfire

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Are scholarships cricket's biggest red herring? 🏏🧑‍🎓💷 Just how many state school kids who benefit from 'free' independent schooling become professionals? onemoresummer.co.uk/post/are-sch...

Really good review of where we are headed in terms of the English cricket coaching & coach education landscape. theteesra.com/2026/03/07/d...

Does anyone speak up for the coaches?

I don’t think it would be unfair to suggest that ECB Coach Development (the group within the England & Wales Cricket Board with responsibility for developing coaches, at all levels of the…

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A recommended read. A study into attitudes towards addressing maturity bias via Bio Banding &/or Player Labelling (i.e. bio age ordered numbered shirts) in 🇦🇺 youth 🏀 coaches (n=77, 77% male) via an online survey ... sportrxiv.org/index.php/se...

Is the ECB serious about structural change? Yes, but maybe not in the way you expect. onemoresummer.co.uk/post/is-the-...

Is the ECB serious about structural change? Yes, but maybe not in the way you expect. | One More Summer

This month’s annual National Conference for Heads of Cricket in Schools probably won’t be reported on the ECB website. This despite it being addressed by CEO RIchard Gould, as well as a number of othe...

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And so it starts... 🙃 £40K/yr

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"You know a school means business when you see a sign on the wall for a 'Wicketkeepers' Club'" | @huwzat.bsky.social

Our 1st panel at #CRN2026 is on Gender. Two brilliant presentations first up centring on lived experience of female cricketers in franchise comps, including The Hundred. Huge contrast between hype of "equality" & persistent disparities in Georgia Norman's interviews with players. I gasped at this!

Hmmmm ‘Hundred is for everyone except Pakistan players’ doesn’t have the same ring to it…

The ECB plan to launch a new nationwide softball cricket competition in state secondary schools later this year | @coynejames.bsky.social

ECB follow Knight-Stokes Cup with fresh state school commitment | The Cricketer

The ECB plan to launch a new nationwide softball cricket competition in state secondary schools later this year

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Well done to Gary Mason and Simon Aldis posting such a good piece in The Cricket Files. It builds and echoes on what I wrote about in The Cricketer in April 2025. ECB is uber cautious on access to windfalls, in reality selling at a P/E of 7.5x is hardly that. www.linkedin.com/posts/fanos-...

#cricket #economicsofsport | Fanos H.

This is an excellent piece by Gary Mason and Simon Aldis from The Cricket Files. It mirrors my own views and what I published in The Cricketer in April 2025. It was so obvious that whilst the back sl...

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