13 Oct 2015 | Cricket
Two Glamorgan spinners are among the players being placed overseas this winter as part of the England and Wales Cricket Board's development programme.
Andrew Salter, 22, now a first-team regular, will return to Australia for a second successive British winter to play grade cricket in Sydney. He will be joined by Glamorgan second-team player Owen Morgan, 21, who will be at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy and playing club cricket in Adelaide.
Glamorgan youngster Aneurin Donald has also secured a place at the Darren Lehman Academy until February, after the 18-year-old completed an eventful summer following the completion of his A-Levels. He made regular appearances for Glamorgan, either side of captaining England under-19s in a five-match one-day series against Australia, before narrowly missing out on a maiden Championship century with a career-best 98 against Gloucestershire in the last match of the 2015 season.
Lastly batsman James Kettleborough will be playing grade cricket for Easts Dolphins in Sydney, who are based at Waverley Oval.
Former England spinner Peter Such is in charge of developing young bowlers for the ECB.
The most important factor in a player's development, particularly for spin bowlers, is match-play overs to hone the skills and work out how to apply them effectively in game situations, he said. There is no substitute for this.
We are looking to expose our spinners to cricket overseas during the off season, for the experience of competing overseas, taking more personal responsibility and also to continue their development by bowling those much-needed match play and practice overs.