How to Build a (Professional) Cricketer

Warning: This is a little ‘tongue-in-cheek’.

1. Be born in the first half of the year, preferably September.
2. Be an early maturer.
3. Have taller than average parents.
4. Have older siblings that play cricket.
5. Play a lot of sport(s) from an early age.
6. Go to a top cricketing independent school (e.g. Millfield)
7. Be white and wealthy.
8. Have a parent who played cricket.
9. Have a parent who is a coach, preferably Level 4.
10. Be left handed.
11. Give up some school subjects to do more cricket.
12. Live or Board near a County Ground.
13. Have 1:1 coaching, preferably from a coach in the pathway.
14. Pray you don’t get any overuse injuries. 
15. Play for a Premier League club.

But will you have a long a career for England?