Newbury College welcomes U19 England Cricket teams last training session before the World Cup

Newbury College welcomed the U19 England Cricket team to its new sports hall this week, where they held their last training session before they head off to the cricket world cup, which is being held in the United Emirates next month.

England will begin with a game against hosts UAE at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on 14 February before playing Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the other group stage matches in Dubai. If England progress further they could then go on to face one of 15 other countries in the latter stages of the tournament.

Head Coach Tim Boon, who is responsible for the training of the team was impressed with the facilities at the College and said, "The facilities at Newbury College have been excellent. Players were able to focus on priority goals in their skills work as well as complete physical tests".

The College has a partnership with Berkshire Cricket which sees various squads from the county training in the College's state of the arts sports facilities, as well as it being the base for their extensive Coach Education programme.

Having Berkshire Cricket situated at the College is great for the students, especially aspiring sports students. The students have the opportunity to watch and observe cricket at a higher level and learn from these world class professionals at close proximity.