Dan Whiting paints a grim picture of the state of grassroots cricket these days and questions what can be done about it

Who goes there? The scene of a deserted pavilion and an empty cricket ground is becoming too much of a regular thing for Saturday club cricket
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Childs’ play: But projects like the All-Stars scheme are rare these days

The younger generation are just not attracted to cricket,” said ECB chairman Colin Graves last week as he unveiled his 100-ball game to the general public. To say his comments caused quite a stir amongst the cricketing f...