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ECB name 50 players in expanded development programme
- Updated: September 19, 2016
More than 50 players between the ages of 17 and 30, including representatives from all 18 first-class counties, have been selected for involvement this winter in the four components of the ECB’s rebranded International Pathway programme, which will feature training camps and fixtures spread across four continents.
Nick Gubbins and Keaton Jennings, two of the outstanding batsman of the 2016 county season, are among the 18 players selected for this winter’s Lions training camps, the senior tier of the programme, who will undergo training camps at Sandhurst, Loughborough and Dubai before playing three 50-over matches against the United Arab Emirates at the ICC Academy, and a three-day match against Afghanistan in Sharjah.
A further 17 players have been selected for the Young Lions, all of whom will be eligible for the Under-19 internationals against India in the New Year. They will link up with the Lions squad in Dubai in December, where they will be supervised by Andy Hurry, the Young Lions head coach.
In addition, five young fast bowlers between the ages of 19 and 23 have been selected for the Pace Programme, under which they will combine training with their counties and at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough before Christmas, before travelling to the High Performance Institute of Sport in Potchefstroom for warm-weather altitude training in the New Year.
Another nine players – five spinners, and four batsmen – have been selected for Overseas Placements, in either Perth, Sydney, Adelaide or Wellington, where the emphasis will be on developing their independence as well as their cricketing skills, and they will work closely with local experts such as Warwickshire’s former New Zealand offspinner Jeetan Patel, the former Australia legspinner Stuart MacGill, and the renowned Western Australia batting coach, Neil “Noddy” Holder.
Two members of the Lions squad have already played for England this season, and will be linking up with the senior squad for the one-day series in Bangladesh – Hampshire’s left-arm spinner Liam Dawson and Jake Ball, the Nottinghamshire fast bowler. Six other members of the squad played for England Lions in their successful …
