tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post7411022613706120780..comments2023-06-01T15:03:21.635+01:00Comments on Women's Cricket Blog: Academy pay for England' s poor 2015Martin Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15850707584058402446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-45731423213147324832015-09-30T21:57:26.683+01:002015-09-30T21:57:26.683+01:00Re. Martin Saxon 24 Sep:
You have listed 4 categor...Re. Martin Saxon 24 Sep:<br />You have listed 4 categories not three, although there are effectively 3 since the fourth is not a valid category in my opinion. "People you just can’t see being good enough were they to be allowed to step up" - We can't know if they are good enough unless given a chance. Some players are always top at County level and never make it for England; others look nothing special at County yet can really contribute for England because they are big game players who manage to find another level. Unfortunately discovering this trait requires a trial and error approach.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952597754091672288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-2654894260448996712015-09-24T20:48:00.293+01:002015-09-24T20:48:00.293+01:00Not a single batsman has been elevated to the seni...Not a single batsman has been elevated to the senior squad I agree. But I’ve been on Play Cricket and looked at the best bats in div 1 of the County Champs this year. I challenge people to come up with anyone from the list of leading scorers who doesn’t fall into one of these three categories:<br />Already in the senior England squad<br />Has ‘retired’ from internationals<br />Has had a go with England and not really looked the part<br />People you just can’t see being good enough were they to be allowed to step up<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281521954994736684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-82637359340306157412015-09-23T09:27:02.309+01:002015-09-23T09:27:02.309+01:00There is a huge opportunity in the WSL for some of...There is a huge opportunity in the WSL for some of these young players to make an impact. In the meantime we have a stagnated senior squad that will be allocated contracts despite some significant failings this summer. I would like to see the ECB issue short term contracts for the winter tours and then look longer term giving some a last chance saloon.<br /><br />But instead we will probably see the same group of players for the the next season, I have no doubt they can beat the rest but they've been found wanting against the Australians who didn't even perform to their best.Bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003969620066540447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-37508370161910058902015-09-22T22:21:55.487+01:002015-09-22T22:21:55.487+01:00Somewhat remarkable that not a single new batsmen ...Somewhat remarkable that not a single new batsmen has been elevated to the senior training programme (given it was our batting that lost us The Ashes).<br />One can only hope the so call Academy system is far more successful in the next 5 years than it has been in the last 5 years in bringing through new talent - Nat Sciver is the only newly capped player in the last 5 years to nail down (as in always get selected) England spot.<br />The Clangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760786835721279059noreply@blogger.com