Mens high performance review report

SEPTEMBER 2022 OUR RECOMMENDATIONS We have identified seventeen key recommendations as part of our review, each aligned to one of the four key requirements for a successful high-performance system. The following sections in this paper set out the details of these recommendations and our supporting evidence and rationale. Area of High-Performance Strategy Recommendation Focus and alignment on high performance across the game 1. Create accountability for men’s high performance 2. Improve our shared understanding of ‘What it Takes to Win’ (WITTW) 3. Foster a high-performance community 4. Develop diverse skills in performance leadership roles 5. Reward performance impact Players equipped to be successful in all formats, around the world 6. Challenge our bowlers to develop their global skills 7. Give players access to experiences overseas 8. Provide earlier international benchmarking 9. Refocus the Lions A thriving domestic game that is best for counties, players, fans, and England Men’s teams 10. Produce a coherent domestic schedule 11. Upgrade the standard and intensity of our competitions 12. Incentivise higher quality pitches 13. Provide opportunities for talent and reward counties for development England teams that inspire by the way they win 14. Sustain an exciting ‘shop window’ for the game 15. Enable players to better manage workload 16. Improve physical and psychological resilience 17. Schedule international matches to allow players to play their best cricket, more often HIGH-PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF MEN’S CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND WALES 10