Sussex Cricket releases 2025 Pathway data

Sussex Cricket releases 2025 Pathway data

Sussex Cricket has today announced its Boys Academy and Emerging Player Programme intake for 2025, along with the supporting demographic data for the Talent Pathway.

Boys EPP and Sussex Cricket Academy Squads

Emerging Player Programme (EPP) 

George Bamford, Zac Hockley, Harrison Brayshaw, Charlie Eastman, Ollie Hughes, Ibrahim Kashif, Reuben Martin, Jamie Schoeman, Ben Vale, Rupert Anderson, Diyon de Silva, Adam Ibrahim, Archie Hall, Billy Hemmings, Oliver Hewitt, Ollie Mason, Fergus O’Connell, Jonny Prior and Ramsay Trainer

Sussex Cricket Academy

Zan Copleston, Fergus Kenyon, Aryan Kulkarni, Louie Lawrence, Ollie Moore, Toby Munt, Harry Walker, Freddie Wallis, Julian Laird, Arthur Hanson 

Boys Data

Demographics of Academy & EPP vs Sussex Population 

To benchmark the demographics data of the EPP and Academy, we have compared the numbers with the overall population data for the county of Sussex, taken from the 2021 Census. 

State School vs Independent Data 

Of the 2025 intakes in the EPP and Academy, 34.48% of those attend state schools within Sussex. 

This represents an 8.40% increase from the 2024 intake of 26.08%

Oxfordshire Cricket Partnership

Sussex Cricket is delighted to confirm that two players from the Oxfordshire Cricket partnership will continue in the Academy for the 2025 season. 

Julian Laird and Arthur Hanson will follow in the footsteps of Sussex First XI players, James Coles, Harrison Ward and Zach Lion-Cachet.

Boys County Junior Squad Data

The following statistics relate to the players selected in the Boys’ Sussex Cricket Pathway for 2024/25 from U9’s to U16’s.

State School vs Independent Data - Boys

Of the boys currently in the Sussex Cricket Pathway, a total of 250 (62%) currently attend state schools, 152 (38%) attend independent schools.

Girls Data

State School vs Independent School Data – Girls

Of the girls currently in the Sussex Cricket Pathway, a total of 82 (53%) currently attend state schools, 73 (47%) attend independent schools.

Head of Talent Pathway, Keith Greenfield commented: "It is good to see that we have very diverse groups across all our pathways, and with the improved opportunities and provision being provide across various projects another large increase in state educated players selected across all our pathways shows this work is paying off. 

"There is still plenty of work ahead to increase opportunities for all within our programmes, particularly within our girls cricket programmes."