Academy

Background

The Warwickshire County Cricket Club Academy opened on Sept 1st 2001 as one of the first County Academies to be approved by the ECB. Each year up to 12 players are selected between the ages of 15 and 19 who have the potential to play at the highest level.

The County Academy is an integral part of the ECB world class Performance plan and it is envisaged that many of the National Academy and International players of the future will come via the County Academies. We have the responsibility of identifying, selecting and developing the next generation of Warwickshire and England players and to date our success has been more than encouraging.

Ateeq Javid a member of the 2008 Academy has moved on to the full playing staff for 2009

Helen Shipman is the first female player to join the Warwickshire Academy for the 2009 season

Shozair Ali and Tom Milnes were the opening bowlers for England Under 15's in 2007

Helen, Tom and Shozair all graduated to the Academy programme from the Emerging Players programme

In addition to those listed as Academy members below, Freddie Coleman (Scotland), Shane Getkate (Ireland) and Ben Williams (Shrewsbury School) are all attached to the Academy programme

Players

Name	Position	Club and School	Portrait
Shozair Ali	Right Arm Fast Medium/Left Hand Bat	Moseley CC and Queensbridge School
Paul Best	Left Hand Bat/Slow Left Arm	Stratford upon Avon CC and Bablake School
Tim Gruijters	Right Arm Fast Medium//Right Hand Bat	Walmley CC
Tom Lewis	Left Hand Bat/Right Arm Med	Leamington CC and Castle 6th Form, Kenilworth
Jonathon Webb	Right hand Bat /Right arm Medium	Dorridge CC and Bromsgrove School
Philip Neale	Left Hand Bat / Wicketkeeper	Berkswell CC
Usman Shabir	Right Hand Bat / Leg Spin	Moseley CC and KE VI School, Aston
Tom Milnes	Right Hand Bat / Right Arm Fast Medium	Berkswell CC and Heart of England School
Helen Shipman	Right Hand Bat	Walmley CC and Bishop Walsh School
Junead Zaman	Right Hand Bat / Right Arm Medium/Fast-	Stratford upon Avon CC and Solihull Sixth Form College

Part -Time Staff

Name	Position
Gary Steer	Academy Coach
Dougie Brown	Assistant Coach
Tony Frost	Academy W/K Coach
Chris Armstrong	Academy Fitness and Conditioning Coach
Gerhard Mostert	Academy Physiotherapist
Angela Sweeney	Academy Administration Officer
Lynsey Williams	Performance Lifestyle Advisor (ECB)
Jeremy Snape or Clive Reeves	Mental Skills Coach