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[Q165]

I took the 9/2 on the Pakis to beat England this test as England are notorious at Lords first test.

My grandson is there today courtesy of three free tickets for making a hundred against an MCC side last year. Breakfast, Lunch and Tea watched for a while from The Long Room and then at tea onto the pitch to receive a certificate....nice day for a young man.

That’s a bit of an understatement! Congrats to ‘the lad’

[goodlordmurphy]

Blimey!

Is the coaching emphasis on red or white ball cricket?

Where does his priorities lie IPL millions or Test Cricket?

Are the family's priorities the same?

Sorry to bombard you with questions but genuinely interested.,

Ask away 9-2-3, definitely red ball at the moment try to establish himself in the county side if he can. They do play all the different formats even now, he has a Tri T20 tournament tomorrow versus Huntingdonshire and Es*** academies then the same thing on Monday versus Worcestershire and Warwickshire. These games are with the Pink ball usually so there are wide choices, but they are all designed to progress into all the formats that the county play.

Test cricket would be very nice and must surely be every young cricketers dream, whether the dream comes to remains to be seen. He has played against lots of the national under 19's during his academy games with quite.a good level of success.

I don't think anyone would set out with IPL in mind at his age if he did progress to top quality then that is when that sort of money enters the equation, personally I don't like the IPL...can't seem to set any sort of allegiance to any of the teams that play in it.

The family back him all the way in his cricketing ambitions and are also mindful of his education, he has been working very hard this year for his finals.

[goodlordmurphy]

That’s a bit of an understatement! Congrats to ‘the lad’

Thanks Q...he did enjoy it...