Oxfordshire Cricket will again host open sessions for its Women and Men’s teams that will take place during the preparation phase between January and March 2024. We are now welcoming expressions of interest from eligible, high-performing, or high-potential adult players who have the ambition to represent Oxfordshire.
Our aim is for our Women and Men’s teams to deliver competitive and repeated, long-term performance achievements and to be populated by players developed via our pathway, from Clubs, Schools and Universities within the County, along with other eligible adult players who may play the game outside of Oxfordshire. The open sessions assist the identification, development and recruitment of eligible adult players and help us to capture talent that may have emerged at a later developmental stage.
We remain committed to ensuring that adult players’ continue to strive for representative selection and the open sessions will provide an accessible opportunity for individuals to demonstrate their capability to represent Oxfordshire. The open sessions are being hosted for eligible adult players (eighteen years of age or above who are not within a pathway programme) and we are now welcoming expressions of interest from eligible individuals who fulfil one or more of the talent identification criteria below;
- A high-performing adult player whose performances within a Premier or Division 1 Cricket League over previous seasons have been above, or significantly above their peers.
- A high-potential adult player with the belief that they have the potential to perform at the more advanced stage of representing Oxfordshire within National Counties Cricket.
- An adult player who has a standout strength or point of difference either within a specific skill discipline or within the white or red ball format.
The Open Sessions for the County Women and Men’s will take place independently and have been scheduled on the following dates between January and March 2024.
- County Women – Sunday 28th January 2024 and Sunday 25th February 2024
- County Men – Sunday 14th January 2024 and Sunday 11th February 2024
Adult players who would like to attend the upcoming open sessions should complete the Expression of Interest Form. Applicants will then be contacted directly with further information and joining instructions ahead of the open sessions.
More detailed information about our County Women and County Men’s team can be found on our website HERE.