AS part of its push to attract the next generation of kids to the sport, the ECB has come up with All Stars Cricket, a programme of basic coaching giving “five to eight year olds an opportunity to become a star”.
In exchange for £40, “The curriculum of fun cricket activities and games provides your children with the basic movement skills to begin a lifelong love of our sport and general physical activity.
“For an hour a week over an eight-week period,” says the ECB, “our fully trained and vetted activators deliver gamebased activities that teach bas...