Features

South Asian talents can flourish with new centre

by
The Cricket Paper Team
7 July 2019

By Richard Edwards

Action plan: MCC chief Lord Patel

LEYTONSTONE has history when it comes to producing high quality cricketers.
It was here, after all, that Graham Gooch came through the ranks to catch the eye, first of Essex and then England.
Now, following the opening of a new urban cricket centre at Leyton CC, Lord Patel is hoping that a new generation of talent is about to be given a huge helping hand.
And the ECB’s senior independent nonexecutive director knows better than most just how powerful cricket can be.
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