Somerset's players of the future on parade at the Centre of Excellence

The pick of Somerset's young cricketer's have just resumed their regular Friday evening squad sessions at the Centre of Excellence at the County Ground in Taunton.

Somerset Youth Development Officer Pete Sanderson told me: "Over the next few months all of the age group squads will be coming to Taunton every third week, between 6.30 and 9.30 pm."

He continued: "During the time that they are here the young players will be carrying out various activities across the five core areas of their training -technical, tactical, mental, physical and lifestyle."

In all well over 120 players will be involved in the Friday night sessions which will also include specific sessions, including playing spin bowling which will be taken by the Cidermen's 2003 skipper Mike Burns, a regular physical session taken by the club'sfintess intsructor Andy Hurry, and a session on nutrition that will be taken by the Head of Injury Prevention Darren Veness.

The Youth Development Officer continued: "Below the squad sessions we are also resuming the district sessions across the county and these will be taking place at five different venuesat Wraxall, Wells, Langport, Writhlington and also here in Taunton, and any lads who do well at district level will be added to the county squads."

He concluded: "There is a lot of junior cricket going on across the county and hopefully we will identify all of the promising young talent that there is in Somerset through these activities."