By Richard Edwards
Some players don’t take long to leave an imprint on their coach. Quite literally.
Neil Stewart, a man who has overseen a huge amount of talent at The Oval, was at the other end of the net as an 11-year-old Will Jacks took guard.
“I wasn’t paying too much attention if I’m being completely honest,” he tells The Cricket Paper. “Then this ball comes flying at me like an Exocet! It’s funny how you remember certain players. There are some players you see initially and you think, yes, this lad could be quite decent. When you see something like that you follow it.
“Sometimes a ...
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