Top 100 Schools for Cricket

The Cricketer, the world’s No. 1 cricket magazine, has published its Schools Guide 2020, featuring the top 100 senior and the top 50 junior and preparatory schools in the country. We are delighted to announce that Shiplake College has once again been included.

It follows an exhaustive process which saw a record number of schools submit entries to be included in the guide (last year there were 350 entries). All entries were judged against an extensive set of criteria, with all the chosen schools having outstanding facilities, fixture programmes and coaching.

The Cricketer magazine editor Simon Hughes said: “The Schools Guide is, as ever, a fantastic publication that celebrates schools cricket and gives deserved praise to all those teachers and coaches who put in the hard work to develop our future club, county and international cricketers. Having watched many school matches this summer I am pleased to report that the standard of cricket programmes and the level of passion for the game is as high as ever. Schools cricket has certainly benefitted from this incredible year for the sport. Congratulations to all of the schools included and I look forward to hearing about all of your future successes.”

Director of Sport and Head of Cricket, Mr Mark Griffiths, remarks: “I am very proud to see cricket at Shiplake continue to flourish and grow. The boys have worked hard off-season and during the Summer Term itself. I would like to thank all of the cricket staff and Performance Cricket, for their hard work and enthusiasm last year and we are all very excited about next summer.”

Headmaster, Mr Tyrone Howe, adds: “Cricket has been on the rise here for a number of years and it is fantastic to see this recognised and be listed amongst some other great cricketing schools. Cricket is a core focus for our sporting curriculum going forward and I look forward to building on this success. Congratulations to the staff and pupils on this accolade.”

The 124-page bumper guide comes with the regular December issue of The Cricketer (available on the newsstand from 22 November). As well as appearing in print alongside the world’s No.1 cricket magazine, the guide will also be made available on The Cricketer website from Friday 13 December.

For more information on the guide, please visit: www.thecricketer.com/schoolsguide.