Cricket

St Edward’s has an outstanding reputation as one of the top cricket playing schools in the country.

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Our Cricket Club enjoys an outstanding reputation, with the boys’ 1st XI statistically one of the most successful in the country over the last decade. St Edward’s cricket provision and facilities are exceptional, resulting in Teddies regularly being featured in The Cricketer Schools Guide of the top 100 Senior schools for cricket in the country. The School has pitches, six state of the art artificial nets, four indoor nets, a Merlyn bowling machine and the use of the Nuffield Health Gym for cricket-specific strength and conditioning.

We play on a highly competitive circuit that includes schools such as Harrow, Radley and Winchester. The boys’ 1st XI played in the South Central finals of the National T20 competition last year and the Under-17 side made it to the final stages of the National Under-17 Cup – a competition in which they reached the semi-finals in 2021. We are starting to see this success mirrored in our girls’ programme, with impressive recent results against schools including Wellington, Bradfield and Rugby.

Our cricket programmes run from October to early July. Pupils on the programme benefit from up to six hours training on a weekly basis over the winter months (October – March) and up to ten hours training during the Summer Term (April – July), as well as up to 20 fixtures for the respective 1st XIs over the course of the cricket season. The winter programme is delivered by Dave Simpkins (former Gloucestershire CCC player and coach), with the support of Craig Miles (Warwickshire CCC) and the School’s Head of Cricket, Ed Ellis (Dorset CCC). Duncan Green (Oxfordshire Junior Lead Coach) leads the girls’ programme during the Summer Term. The School runs an extensive pre-season programme and has been on tours to Barbados, South Africa and Sri Lanka in recent years.

We have produced several first-class and county academy cricketers, with Miles Hammond and Ben Charlesworth currently playing together in the County Championship for Gloucestershire CCC, and Harrison Ward playing for Sussex CCC across all formats last year. Most recently, Alex Horton, who left in 2022, signed a professional contract with Glamorgan CCC, having helped England reach the Under-19 World Cup Final last February. Many of our girls are now involved in county pathway systems – Aimee Diab, a current pupil, has played regularly for Oxfordshire Women’s 1st XI and has been training with the Southern Vipers EPP.

Watch the film below for an introduction to the St Edward’s Cricket Club from former Head of Cricket, Peter Swainson, featuring the late John Woodcock OBE.

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For more information about cricket at St Edward’s please contact the Head of Cricket, or the Registrar.

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