The second intake for the Tom Maynard Academy has been confirmed, comprising twelve professional cricketers from ten of the first class counties.
The 2015 group will spend ten days from 19th to 28th February at the Desert Springs resort in Spain, working on a carefully planned programme covering technical skills, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity. The programme finishes with a special one-day match between the Tom Maynard Academy XI and the Spanish national side at La Manga.
Somerset Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard will head the delivery of the programme. As with the inaugural intake in 2014 he will be assisted on the coaching by former Leicestershire, Kent & England wicket-keeper/batsman Paul Nixon and former Gloucestershire, Yorkshire & Australia all-rounder Ian Harvey.
Head of Elite Coach Development at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Gordon Lord and former Middlesex, Glamorgan & England all-rounder Jamie Dalrymple are among those delivering specialist sessions to the players; former England Head Physiotherapist Dean Conway is overseeing the fitness and physical work while the group is in Spain.
Once again the 2015 programme is being funded in its entirety by the Trust.
After a nominations process, the twelve successful players are:
Mark Adair (Warwickshire); Basil Akram (Hampshire); Alex Barrow (Somerset); Bradley Erasmus (Surrey); Barney Gibson (Yorkshire); Jack Murphy (Glamorgan); Liam Norwell (Gloucestershire); Jamie Porter (Essex); Matt Taylor (Gloucestershire); Adam Tillcock (Nottinghamshire); Andy Umeed (Warwickshire); and Alex Wakeley (Northamptonshire).
Matthew Maynard said:
“We are delighted again to have had such fantastic support from the counties and I’m really looking forward to working with another group as we seek to establish the Tom Maynard Academy as an integral part of the ECB’s and the counties’ player development pathways. Desert Springs has excellent facilities for the players to work on their games and on their fitness and we’re pleased to be partnering with them. We have a great mix of talented players and some very knowledgeable people involved in delivering the programme and I have no doubt it will be of real benefit to the lads involved as they approach pre-season.”
The Trustees acknowledge the support of the Dr Mortimer and Teresa Sackler Foundation in helping to establish the Tom Maynard Academy.
Article courtesy of the Tom Maynard Academy.
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