Cricket In Private Boarding Schools
 

British independent boarding schools have historically had a great reputation for not only academic excellence, but also for supporting this with a range of co-curricular activity to allow students sporting passion to thrive as well.

Many UK private schools offer the opportunity for students with high ambitions to excel, to develop their ability through specific sporting talent programmes. To demonstrate their superior in core sports, private independent schools are frequently able to invest in state-of-the-art facilities, high level coaching expertise, nutritional advice, as well as physiotherapy, strength, conditioning and fitness programmes to sustain their success and sporting tradition.

Cricket is a core sport that is regularly played during the Summer term across private boarding schools, with fixtures dating back to the late 18th Century at some of the most recognised UK independent schools and have proven success as players frequently graduate and go on to play professionally. Within the regular England test team of the past decade, 73% of their team were privately educated, with only James Anderson, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali – breaking this pattern.

Previously private school educated professional cricketer Stuart Broad, who was until recently top of the International Cricket Council’s test rankings, believes that the structure of the boarding school day is also an important factor:

‘There is no arguing with the facilities and the coaching and the reality that you have to pay for these things now. We could play sport most afternoons and every evening and the sports facilities were always open to us,’ he explains. ‘And the coaches we had were Frank Hayes and David Steele – both former England players. So, you can see why I have done well’.

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