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ECB blames old school politics for England reliance on South Africans

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The England and Wales Cricket Board has reacted in its latest strategy plan to the increasing number of England cricketers who have learned the game abroad. The increasing prevalence in the England set-up of such players, particularly those born in South Africa, and the lack of progress made by national age-group players over the past decade are addressed in the document, which was unveiled at Lord's today.

Called Grounds to Play, it recognises the significant rise in participation throughout the game, amounting to a 101% increase over the last three years alone, such that demand is outstripping facilities and, despite 20,000 newly qualified in the past four years, coaches . The primary focus on the plan is in the development of both.

But the ECB chief executive, David Collier, was scathing about the standards achieved by young sportsmen, not just cricketers, who lag behind their counterparts abroad physically, mentally and technically. This is, he believes, a legacy of the policy of non-competitive sport in schools during the 1990s but the issue of qualification will not go away until home-grown talent can compete.

ECB blames old school politics for England reliance on South Africans | Sport | The Guardian
 
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