I think these days of professional sport require incredible levels of commitment and if you are not sure you have it, you won't succeed. Hopefully he has found that elsewhere. Long gone the days of gentleman cricket players (or racing drivers!).My lad was coached by Joe Roots coach at Headingley. He told me that as a 13/14 year old he had observed the coach going through the paces with an English player. When it was his turn, Root told the coach he wanted the same session, no holds barred, and nothing less from then on. He was a very driven young man.
I winced at some of the sessions my son had, very talented but not driven, could have/ should have played at county level but he fell out with the game....
I have some spare tickets available for England v New Zealand at Lord's if anyone is interested.
1st Day - Thu, 2 Jun - 2 x Compton Lower - £110 each
2nd Day - Fri, 3 Jun - 2 x Grandstand Lower - £130 each
I’ve got rovers tickets Mark so will already be there. If you get any takers we could possibly meet up in the Harris Gardens for breakfast beforehand.
Apologies, I thought you were going and had spares as well. Seems there are plenty of available tickets for these matches.Would be good idea but I'm in Scotland this week, hence the ticket availability.