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Post by jonboy on Jan 12, 2015 14:40:18 GMT
So does anyone know how we put together a side for these academy games?
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 12, 2015 15:09:39 GMT
So does anyone know how we put together a side for these academy games? The Academy doesn't regularly turn out as an integrated team, jonboy. Members may play in the Sussex Development XI, or in other age-group sides. Izzy Collis plays for England Women's Development XI and other sides. |
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Post by joe on Jan 12, 2015 15:28:28 GMT
So does anyone know how we put together a side for these academy games? The same way we do every other year, we bring players up from the younger age groups. 18 boys went on the 'academy' tour, only 6 were chosen for the specialist one to one coaching etc that the academy provides but the others will still be called upon to play in the development XI as well as age group games. As Keith Greenfield said in the Argus, this year they are going for quality not quantity. Far better to concentrate on 6 players who have the potential to push for professional contracts in a year or two. |
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Post by jonboy on Jan 12, 2015 16:01:07 GMT
So does anyone know how we put together a side for these academy games? The same way we do every other year, we bring players up from the younger age groups. 18 boys went on the 'academy' tour, only 6 were chosen for the specialist one to one coaching etc that the academy provides but the others will still be called upon to play in the development XI as well as age group games. As Keith Greenfield said in the Argus, this year they are going for quality not quantity. Far better to concentrate on 6 players who have the potential to push for professional contracts in a year or two. Thanks for the heads up Can, and do, previous members of the academy still represent the development side? |
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Post by spymaster on Jan 12, 2015 17:06:53 GMT
The same way we do every other year, we bring players up from the younger age groups. 18 boys went on the 'academy' tour, only 6 were chosen for the specialist one to one coaching etc that the academy provides but the others will still be called upon to play in the development XI as well as age group games. As Keith Greenfield said in the Argus, this year they are going for quality not quantity. Far better to concentrate on 6 players who have the potential to push for professional contracts in a year or two. Thanks for the heads up Can, and do, previous members of the academy still represent the development side? No regulations on these matters. Is entirely up to Keith Greenfield and his view on how best to allocate development opportunities. |
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Post by coverpoint on Jan 12, 2015 18:16:11 GMT
To say they have focused on quality rather than quantity isn't strictly true as Bethany Beadle, Flora Bertwistle, Ella Bourne, Ellen Burt, Will Collard, Nancy Harman, Nick Oxley, Sam Rattle, Ella Wadey and Tanya Wake all impressed last season and did significantly better than a lot of players who have been selected for the Academy in the past.
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Post by joe on Jan 12, 2015 19:16:06 GMT
To say they have focused on quality rather than quantity isn't strictly true as Bethany Beadle, Flora Bertwistle, Ellen Burt, Will Collard, Nancy Harman, Anna Harris, Nick Oxley, Sam Rattle, Ella Wadey and Tanya Wake all impressed last season and did significantly better than a lot of players who have been selected for the Academy in the past. They obviously didn't impress enough! And that was a direct quote from Keith Greenfield NOT from me. |
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Post by coverpoint on Jan 12, 2015 20:28:02 GMT
To say they have focused on quality rather than quantity isn't strictly true as Bethany Beadle, Flora Bertwistle, Ellen Burt, Will Collard, Nancy Harman, Anna Harris, Nick Oxley, Sam Rattle, Ella Wadey and Tanya Wake all impressed last season and did significantly better than a lot of players who have been selected for the Academy in the past. They obviously didn't impress enough! And that was a direct quote from Keith Greenfield NOT from me. I know that. However I disagree with Greenfield that the talent isn't there. I am disappointed to only see one girl selected and that not one Sussex born player was added to the Academy. There is more talent to choose from then there has ever been! The fact that we had eleven separate players take 15 wickets or more, which I don't has been achieved before, is testament to this. I can see Beadle, Bertwistle, Bourne, Burt, Collard, Harman, Oxley, Rattle and Wadey joining Doram, Haines and Jenner in the Academy in twelve months time when I would expect Cammish, Collis, Garton and Salt to be Academy Plus players at the very least. I am astonished when you consider the fast bowlers (Geffen, Bush, Vinter, Quest and more recently Grant, Moses, Sakande and Whittingham) we have selected in the past and some of the girls (Uncles and Phelps) that the aforementioned ten players were deemed not good enough for the Academy. There were twleve in the Academy in 2014 as Doram and Jenner have come in while Davies, Hayward, Hemingway, Hooper, Hudson-Prentice, Scholfield and Shoare are no longer in the Academy. Maybe the time has come for there to be two separate Academies with one for the girls and another for the boys in which the respective coaches choose six players. |
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Post by coverpoint on Jan 16, 2015 20:55:04 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Feb 15, 2015 12:54:21 GMT
Sussex Under 17 boys in 2015: Sear, Haines (c), Jenner (+), Doram, Oxley, Billings, Fazakerley, Twine, Smith, Collard, Rattle and Piper.
Reserves: Bradley, Clark, Haynes, Hobbs, Lloyd, Maskell, Orr and Rollings.
Nine of this twelve went to Sri Lanka. Of the three others Collard took 30 wickets, Rattle 18 wickets and Sear scored 288 runs. Collard, Rattle and Oxley will be looking to push for an Academy place in 2016 after very unfortunately missing out on Academy selection for 2015.
Sussex Under 17 girls in 2015: Bertwistle, Wadey, Burt (c), Bourne, Norris, Harman, Streets, Harris, Western (+), Robinson, B Beadle, Monk
Reserves: M Beadle, D'Orseano, Harvey, Humphreys, Saunders and Tagg.
Bertwistle, Wadey, Burt, Bourne, Harman and B Beadle have put forward a strong case for Academy selection in 2016 through their performances in 2014.
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Post by coverpoint on Feb 22, 2015 20:55:14 GMT
I see Hurstpierpoint College have appointed Jon Lewis as a coach. They have four out of seven players in the Academy and a fifth in Leo Cammish, now at BHASVIC, who is a former student. Although this is Garton's final year on the Academy I see no reason why Will Collard who was the second top wicket taker in 2015 cannot join Doram, Haines and Jenner in the Academy in 2016. www.hppc.co.uk/senior_school/sport/cricket.asp |
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Post by coverpoint on Mar 8, 2015 5:12:05 GMT
Adams, Elwiss and Scholfield in the Loughborough Womens squad. Grant and Whittingham in the men's squad. loughboroughsport.com/cricket/category/profiles/Elsewhere Under 17 girls certainly have plenty of bowling depth although no one managed 300 runs last season which is a concern. Batting Bertwistle 290 Wadey 285 Burt 283 Bourne 230 Norris 140 Harman 136 Streets 132 Harris 85 Western 64 Robinson 21 Beadle B 20 Monk 14 1700 runs Reserves Tagg 110 runs @ 16 HS 34 Beadle M 96 14 32 Saunders 30 5 14 Humphreys 25 4 8 Harvey 0 0* D'Orseano Did not appear in 2014 Bowling Bertwistle 22 Beadle 16 Harman 16 Streets 16 Burt 15 Harris 12 Monk 12 Wadey 12 Bourne 11 Robinson 8 Norris 6 146 wickets Reserves Tagg 5w @23 BB 1-4 Harvey 4 16 2-20 Humphreys 3 40 1-7 Beadle M 1 22 1-9 Saunders 1 61 1-4 As for the Under 17 boys: Batsmen Haines 745 runs @ 53 HS 120 1 100 4 50s Sear 288 29 87 - 2 Smith 264 16 45 - - Billings 253 25 61 - 1 Twine 193 19 47 - - Jenner 154 39 107 1 - Doram 135 45 54* - 2 Oxley 61 8 26 - - Fazakerley 42 21 42 - - Rattle 22 11 9* - - Collard 12 3 3 - - Piper 9 9 8 - - Runs 1916 Reserves Clark 311 31 73 - 3 Orr 194 24 85 - 1 Rollings 186 31 47 - - Bradley 133 33 50 - 1 Haynes 105 18 66 - 1 Lloyd 49 16 25 - - Maskell 37 12 29 - - Hobbs 10 10 10 - - Bowling Collard 30 wickets @ 16 BB 4-51 Doram 19 20 5-37 1 5wI Rattle 18 21 4-31 Oxley 16 31 2-24 Smith 11 46 2-24 Haines 8 26 2-9 Twine 6 66 Piper 3 72 1-26 Fazakerley 2 52 2-31 Wickets 113 Reserves Hobbs 14w @ 13 BB 3-16 Clark 4 17 Bradley 4 53 1-31 30 wickets @ 48 between the five seamers and 83 wickets @ 21 for the four spinners. |
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Post by coverpoint on Apr 11, 2015 12:59:13 GMT
Under 17s
County championship
Essex (A) 7th and 8th July
Middlesex (A) 19th and 20th July
Kent (H) 28th & 29th July
Surrey (H) 4th and 5th August
County cup
Essex (A) 25th May
Surrey (H) 26th May
Kent (H) 5th July
Middlesex (A) 19th July
As for the side it is likely to be something like this (in alphabetical order):
Joe Billings
Will Collard
Daniel Doram
Will Fazakerley
Tom Haines (c)
Jonty Jenner (wk)
Nick Oxley
Jamie Piper
Sam Rattle
Dominic Sear
Nick Smith
Ben Twine
Reserves: Ollie Bradley, Tom Clark, Tom Haynes, Sam Hobbs, Harry Lloyd, Ryan Maskell, Alistair Orr and Harry Rollings.
Spin will be a key component as last year Collard (30), Doram (19), Rattle (18) and Oxley (16) took 83 wickets between them at an average of under 21. Meanwhile the five seamers Smith (11), Haines (8), Twine (6), Piper (3) and Fazakerley (2) took just 30 wickets at an average of nearly 48. Tom Haines will be crucial with the bat as he scored 745 runs @ 53 last season while no other batsman in the squad managed more than 311 runs last season.
Surrey look extremely strong with Culff, Curran, Dahl, Holder, Holmes, Jacks, Jafri, Meyer, Patel and Verdi in their ranks and with Pope and Austin completing their side. Middlesex are strong with Bruce, Godsal, Lace, Abdullah, Patel, Rath, Thomas, Tinkler, Walallawita and three from Busby, Cracknell, Hardman, Rasakulasuriar, Scott and Wijeratne completing their team. Essex with the loss of Taylor and Lawrence and Kent with the loss of Bernard, Richardson and Singh look weaker.
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Post by jonboy on Apr 24, 2015 12:21:41 GMT
Delray Rawlins a young Bermudan born left arm spinner joins the Sussex academy after impressing the coaching staff following a trial
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Post by coverpoint on Apr 25, 2015 7:46:51 GMT
Delray Rawlins a young Bermudan born left arm spinner joins the Sussex academy after impressing the coaching staff following a trial He has joined after impressing in a trial and so we haven't actually seen him bowl in a match situation! 3-207 isn't impressive: www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/630174.htmlIs there a danger of Greenfield ever promoting a player from within the county? First Doram and Jenner now Rawlins. Why? We have leg spinner Will Collard who took 30 wickets, left arm spinner Sam Rattle who took 18 wickets and left arm Chinaman Nick Oxley who took 16 wickets. By comparison the top Seamer who is still eligible at under 17 level took 14 wickets last year. If he was a seamer I could understand but quality spinners are not something we are short of at Under 15-17 level. I do question the criteria for Academy selection as based on last season's performances the following squad should have been chosen this season: Beadle B Bertwistle Burt Cammish Collard Collis Doram Garton Haines Harman Oxley Rattle What have Jenner and Rawlins done to get selected? Salt is 18 and so should have been given an Academy Plus contract rather than kept back in the Academy. Clark (batsman), Billings (keeper), Collard (spinner) and Hobbs (seamer) are probably the best prospects by individual discipline outside the current Academy. Billings, Clark and Hobbs are short of Academy level at present. Spin is the real area of strength at present with Collard, Rattle and Oxley and that is why I am furious Greenfield has turned to Doram and Rawlins when we had three homegrown spinners of Academy quality within our ranks. There should be more girls in the Academy. With Rawlins now in the mix Under 17 starting XII is likely to be: Haines (c), Sear, Jenner (wk), Doram, Rawlins, Smith, Twine, Oxley, Fazakerley, Rattle, Collard, Piper Four of the top five and six overall won't be eligible to play for the Under 17s in 2016. |
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