Academy
Gloucestershire CCC Academy aims to produce world class cricketers through identifying, assessing and further developing the most talented players available to us.
2011 has been another positive season for Gloucestershire’s Academy, Junior Academy and Emerging Player Programme. All of the academy players have experienced second XI cricket and in parts shown some good performances with two making first XI debuts.
The highlights for the Academy were the performances by Craig Miles who made his debut in both Championship and CB40 cricket for the first XI and Matt Taylor who played CB40.
There were a number of Academy graduates who performed well for the 1st XI during the 2011 season; David Payne took 42 first class wickets, Chris Dent scored an average of 34.15 and Jack Taylor starred in Gloucestershire’s t20 win over Somerset at Bristol.
The GCCC Academy are linked with Filton College, St Edwards in Oxford and Wycliffe College in Stroud. These schools support a full cricket programme alongside their education aiming to ensure players are able to achieve excellence in both. Wycliffe College and St Edwards have also offered cricket scholarships to players on Gloucestershire's Academy and Junior Academy.
