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between state school and prep school kids
Yeah, at some of the coaching my daughter goes to the private school girls are getting in trouble for playing more than 4 times a week at school. "It's too much, I'll be writing to your Head of Cricket..."
Meanwhile they with a plastic bat and tennis ball at her state comp. No official wicket, they just use part of the playing fields (which are a mile from the school in a non-private park), but most of the time it is indoors. #ohthehumanity
It might be on the curriculum but youth cricket is far from accessible.
Greenbank
Plenty of rich kids playing cricket out in Surrey. The difference in general technique by the time they are 12 years old between state school and prep school kids is the scary thing, for the boys at least. Seeing some of the "Tier 1" juniors climbing into cover drives was something to behold when my 10 year old daughter ended up in a very one sided under 11's cup game a week or so back.