Every Year the popular cricket magazine “The Cricketer” announces its annual School Guide, in the last couple of days it has seen them release their School Guide for 2023. This year’s guide features the top 100 senior, top 50 prep/junior and top 20 all-girls schools for cricket in the country.
The Cricketer goes through a long and exhaustive process which sees hundreds of schools submit applications to be considered. Each school entry is said to be judged against extensive selection criteria, which includes the quality of facilities, commitment to cricket in their curriculum, and the breadth of fixtures in their programme.
Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to learn that the following schools in Oxfordshire have been named:
Top 20 All-Girls Schools
- Didcot Girls School
- Headington Oxford
- St Helen and St Katharine
Top 50 Prep Schools
- Abingdon Prep
- Dragon School
- Cothill House
- Summer Fields
Top 100 Secondary Schools
- Magdalen College School
- Radley College
- St Edwards School
Oxfordshire Cricket would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the schools named above, it is a fantastic achievement to be named in the top schools in the country in such a prestigious magazine. All the schools in Oxfordshire play a crucial role in Oxfordshire Cricket growing the game and having a good player pathway, which therefore enables us to produce talented cricketers as long as we continue to deliver a great programme alongside them.