Mens high performance review report

What’s more, the volume of cricket is not evenly spread throughout the season, producing both pinch points - where the intensity of competition is undermined by tired cricketers – and periods where there is clearly insufficient cricket. This season, teams played up to 18 days of cricket in June, but as little as 8 days in August. This is not just true in domestic cricket but international cricket too, with England’s white ball teams playing 12 matches in 25 days in July 2022. We have arrived at a critical moment in time when almost everyone invested in our game has told us that they want change. Through this review, we have identified a series of targeted recommendations to achieve our ambition. The game’s leaders, the ECB and First-Class Counties, now have a responsibility to show bold leadership to deliver a strong, long-term solution. While we acknowledge there are many different views to consider, and that a topic of this magnitude may not have a single perfect solution, we encourage the game to challenge convention, embrace positive change and focus on the long-term outcomes for the whole game. We now require bold leadership By playing less cricket and scheduling it better throughout the domestic season we allow players and coaches more time to train, rest and review so that they are better prepared to play at their peak. We must also give ground staff more time to produce pitches that better reflect international conditions. The clearest conclusion to emerge from our work has been simple: the status quo is not an option. Everyone in the game is telling us this. We have listened, we must now act. % OF DAYS PLAYED JUNE 60% AUGUST 26% HIGH-PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF MEN’S CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND WALES 9