Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
COUNTY CRICKET CLUB
Northamptonshire CCC has been working hard in recent years to provide cricket
to their community and have been making tremendous progress in recent times.
Cricket Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative Callum
Berrill to find out more.
Callum told us, “The mood
is very positive at the club at the
moment; having had a change
in the captaincy last month the
players are looking to make
progress in the championship and
T20 competitions. “Youth development is huge for
us; we have an Academy Director
who does a great job here and
we look to provide both the boys
and girls that are involved with a
clear simple pathway into senior
cricket.”
The T20 season is starting a little
later than usual due to the World
Cup but we’re hoping to get off to
a good start and then see where
we can go from there. Obviously,
everyone is very excited about the
World Cup win and we followed it
closely. Patricia Hankins told us more
about the girls section, saying,
“Our girls section has grown
massively over the last few years.
I remember when I first started
coaching we’d struggle to put out
an U17s however we now have a
squad of fifteen. We introduced our
U11s three seasons ago and some
of those players have already made
their debuts for the first team so we
have lots of opportunities for them
and want to continue to grow.”
Patricia also told us more about
the successful women’s side, telling
us, “The women have finished
their fifty over campaign, winning
their division and going unbeaten
so we were delighted with that.
We started our T20 campaign
recently and are hoping to add
another title. I think the key for us
has been training hard all through
the winter. We worked hard on
strength and conditioning as well
as improving the technical side of
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