The
Talent Pathway

SURREY COUNTY CRICKET CLUB’S PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CRICKETERS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

About the Talent Pathway Programme

The primary focus of the programme is to promote the highest quality of performance on an individual and team basis in order to develop cricketers to play for Surrey and England.

Some of the cricketers to have emerged through the Surrey County Cricket Club Academy and Performance Programme in recent years include Rory Burns, Ollie Pope and Jason Roy.

Our department oversees Performance Courses (formerly known as District Cricket) & County Age Group (CAG) cricket from which the most talented of these cricketers progress into the Emerging Players Programme. 15 graduates of the pathway are currently part of Surrey’s County Cricket Club’s professional staff.

Since 2003, 30 men from the academy have gone on to play First-class, List A or T20 cricket at county level. 9 of these have played full internationals for England with many more representing the country at age group and Lions levels.

Three women have progressed through Surrey’s pathway to reach international honours.

Click here to see the full Performance Department Talent Framework.

OUR PATHWAY OBJECTIVES

Surrey Pathway Talent ID Video Assessments

Girls and boys in Surrey can now send their video applications to apply for the Surrey Talent Pathway’s 2025 intake. You can submit video content and personal details to our coaches, demonstrating skills as a batter, bowler, or wicket keeper.

Launched in 2023, Surrey County Cricket Club’s Video Submission Assessment Process is open for its third year, with the aim of making the talent identification process of young cricketers in the county more open, easy, and equitable.

The video assessments allow anyone who believes they are of the ability to be a Surrey CCC Performance cricketer to nominate themselves. Previously, only local clubs, schools, and other cricketing organisations were able to nominate players for an assessment.

Entries can be submitted from Thursday 15 May 2025 up until Tuesday 1 July 2025.

How to submit a video

Submissions must be made via Whatsapp, to the following numbers:

Boys U10-U18 (school years 5 to 13) – 07956 449 289

Girls U10-U18 (school years 5 to 13) – 07956 449 256

(NOTE: Academic Year 2025/26 applies)

To enter this scheme, we require:

• A video recording of the applicant playing cricket, showcasing their skills (please watch instructional video for detail)
• Contact email address(es) for parents/guardians
• First name/Last name of player
• Date of Birth of Player
• Full completion of the Assessment Engagement form (you will receive this upon submission of video via Whatsapp)
• Players must meet the Eligibility Criteria (see below)

Eligibility Criteria

• Players must LIVE IN SURREY, GO TO SCHOOL IN SURREY OR BE REGISTERED TO A CRICKET CLUB IN SURREY.
• Players must POSSESS A BRITISH PASSPORT or have proof of PERMANENT LEAVE TO REMAIN in the UK.

For any enquiries relating to the Talent Pathway, please contact performance@surreycricket.com