Grounds to Play - Ecb - England and Wales Cricket Board

31Successful England teamsHow we will deliver Successful England teamsBy expanding the pool of Under 26 Englandqualified cricketers to a minimum of 50playing regular first class cricket by 2013.By providing substantially increased incentivesto counties (first class and non first class)who develop England players in the age group13-18.By providing a development pathway fromUnder 19 to development squad to Lions toEngland team.By providing an annual programme ofmatches for the Lions’ squad at homeand abroad playing to ICC event formats.By producing a programme of tours and homeseries for our women’s squads on a four-yearcycle.By producing a programme of tours andhome series for our disabilities squads on afour-year cycle.By developing leadership courses for futurecaptains.By creating world class strength andconditioning and medical programmes.By employing world class coaches at theNational Cricket Performance Centre.By reducing the number of ICC Globalevents.By limiting Home International series andfocusing on quality.By setting clear targets for the Under 19 team.