Mens high performance review report

SEPTEMBER 2022 OUR PROPOSED ACTIONS · Implement a structured county-to-county player compensation mechanism, where counties are rewarded for the development of players that then sign for other counties. This compensation should be proportionate to the value of the player’s contract · Regulate that Under-21s players can be loaned for free to another county, meaning the parent county covers the entirety of the player’s salary OUR RATIONALE Without sufficient incentive to develop professional cricketers, we risk not making the most of the talent pool we have in England. A system that rewards counties for this development aims to encourage further talent development through making it financially worthwhile, with counties who are developing players for others receiving direct compensation from these teams. There is also a recognition that there is a requirement to give young, high-potential players who are not consistently in their county’s first team – often those with bigger squads - more opportunities to have a good standard of competitive cricket to play. A loan system that reduces the friction for high potential young players to temporarily move county to get more game time seeks to resolve this. RECOMMENDATION: 13 PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TALENT AND REWARD COUNTIES FOR DEVELOPMENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF MEN’S CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND WALES “Without sufficient incentive to develop professional cricketers, we risk not making the most of the talent pool we have in England” 32