Last Sunday, I donned the whites and took the field to play cricket again. It was a very rare occurence, and despite playing from memory, it was my pleasure to do so for such a good cause. Alan Igglesden’s XI v The Bunburys, at Brentwood School, in Essex was the centrepiece for raising awareness and funds [...]
The development of sporting excellence has consumed my thinking, and the majority of my physical activity since I was a small boy. The journey has been challenging, inspirational, contained moments as well as periods of despair, and created an unhealthy self-obsession at times. If anyone believes that a life in sport is romantic or an [...]
In 2005, 16 year-old Alex Hales, from Hounslow, entered our Search 4 A Star Programme, and showed plenty of raw talent as a tall, willowy, all-rounder. The interview process, which took place after the cricket activity, revealed a young man who had experienced some rejection from county age group cricket. He had a desire to [...]
