Over the years the Staffordshire Cricket Young Cricketers Pathway has been the starting point for progression onto the First Class and England opportunities.
2017 continued this trend with 3 players progressing their cricketing careers in the First Class environment. James Taylor (u17) followed his brother Tom by signing a professional contract with Derbyshire. James made his First Class debut by representing Derbyshire against the West Indies. Alex Thomson who represented the Staffordshire Age groups and was part of the Staffordshire EPP before representing Cardiff MCCU at univesrity. He also represented the Staffordshire Senior team and his progress and performances were recognised by Warwickshire, who offered him a professional contract and he made his 1st team debut in September. Liam Banks continued his progression with Warwickshire and was called up for and represented the England u19s this summer with two half centuries to his name. Further to these successes Jack Redman, Adam Peat and Ethan Laverty were all invited to join the Derbyshire Academy under the guidance of Mal Loye.Staffordshire Cricket wishes all of the players well for the 2018 season and hope their performances will continue their success.
There are many Staffordshire players who have gone on to make the grade at First Class level, below is a list of players who in the last 10 years have progressed from the ranks of Staffordshire Young Cricketers to the First Class arena.
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Contracted Players |
Achieved Academy Status |
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David Wheldon |
Worcestershire |
Micheal Hill |
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Scott Elstone |
Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire |
Dan Cummings |
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Jack Manuel |
Worcestershire |
Ben McQuire |
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Joe Leach |
Worcestershire |
Ed Jones |
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Alex Hughes |
Derbyshire |
Greg Massingham |
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Anish Kapil |
Worcestershire |
Tom Ball |
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Sam Kelsall |
Nottinghamshire |
George Sellers |
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Tom Fell |
Worcestershire |
Hamiaz Mahmood |
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Ben Cotton |
Derbyshire |
Anis Raza |
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Tom Taylor |
Derbyshire |
Tom Hope |
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Rob Hemmings |
Derbyshire |
Jack Redman |
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Will Davis |
Derbyshire |
Adam Peat |
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Alex Mellor |
Warwickshire |
Ethan Laverty |
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Mitchell Spencer |
Warwickshire |
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James Taylor |
Derbyshire |
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Alex Thomson |
Warwickshire |
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Liam Banks |
Warwickshire & England u19s |
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Zen Malik |
Worcestershire |
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George Scrimshaw |
Worcestershire |
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Staffordshire Age Group Players Progression to England Women Development Programmes |
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England Women |
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Danni Wyatt |
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Georgia Elwiss |
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England Women Academy |
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Evie Jones |
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Steph Butler |
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England Women - Regional Development Centres |
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Megan Jones |
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Olivia Bentley |
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Grace Potts |
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Millie Wilson |
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Ilenia Sims |
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Lydia Perry |
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Poppy Davies |
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Helen Hughes |
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Emily Stones |
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Georgia Norman |
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Posted on Friday 5th January 2018, in Latest News
