The Twelfth Man 2019

Features W inter months are a crucial time for a young cricketer who has been identified as one with potential by Yorkshire and we start by looking at the county age-group sides at under 14s and 15s in conjunction with Jim Love and the age-group coaches at the end of their summer season, to identify those players who we believe have the best chance of progressing. We will have looked at what we need as a county. So, for example, if there’s a perceived shortage of seam bowlers in the next four of five years, we might then invest heavily in that area. IT’S ALL ACADEMIC. A regular feature of our winter programme is the visit by the young players of the Yorkshire Academy. We asked coach Richard Damms , from Barnsley, to explain what the Academy’s all about. Back (L to R) Ian Dews (2ndXI Coach), Chris Wood, Harry Sullivan, Will Luxton, James Mukherjee, Harrison Quarmby, Archie Greaves, Richard Damms (Academy Head Coach), James Wharton, Isaac Leung (S&C Coach), Pete Sim (S&C Coach): Front (L to R) Harry Harding, Josh Sullivan, Arjun Ramkumar, Harry Duke, Matthew Revis, Vikram, Sharma, Finley Bean, Dominic Leech, George Hill, Sam Wisniewski. Photo courtesy of SWPix.com Article reproduced by kind permission of Yorkshire County Cricket Club