- Jul 5, 2014
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Cricket Victoria has introduced the YPL as the main pathway for young cricketers in our state. Its aimed more towards T20 cricket with the under 18s soley T20. I have a boy involved and I am on a junior comittee of a local club.
The selection for squads is completely broken and baffling. Squads of 40 or so kids have been listed a few months ago with trials to be annonunced. A cut to the squads has been made without a trial occuring. Some of the boys still live in the squad did absolutely nothing last year at low levels of cricket. I know of one boy, not in a squad that took 70 wickets last year, in subbies 1s and 2s and under 17s. Another is the second quickest in the region, cut already without being seen by the coaches. We are copping critisism from parents in every year group. I suspect its happening at all clubs. I have no doubt some names have been pulled from a hat.
My nephew in 14s in another region, his trial was mostly fitness based and faced 8 balls and was told to hit as many boundries as he can. Crazy stuff, rewards the bigger kids that do not always have great techniques.
No way are they going to find the best kids and many are going to slip through.
The selection for squads is completely broken and baffling. Squads of 40 or so kids have been listed a few months ago with trials to be annonunced. A cut to the squads has been made without a trial occuring. Some of the boys still live in the squad did absolutely nothing last year at low levels of cricket. I know of one boy, not in a squad that took 70 wickets last year, in subbies 1s and 2s and under 17s. Another is the second quickest in the region, cut already without being seen by the coaches. We are copping critisism from parents in every year group. I suspect its happening at all clubs. I have no doubt some names have been pulled from a hat.
My nephew in 14s in another region, his trial was mostly fitness based and faced 8 balls and was told to hit as many boundries as he can. Crazy stuff, rewards the bigger kids that do not always have great techniques.
No way are they going to find the best kids and many are going to slip through.