"It all dovetails really well" - Simon Kerrigan is relishing his coaching role with the Warwickshire 2nd XI
26.05.26, 09:53 Updated 26.05.26, 16:11
Brian Halford
At a county cricket club, the first team attracts most attention and has much the biggest profile. Of course it does. Rightly so.
Look beneath the surface at all successful county sides, however, and you will see that integral to that success is a strong Second XI.
Second XI cricket - ‘the twos’ to most in the game – is a fascinating world: a unique cocktail of personnel from academy graduates to first-team squad players and from trialists to world-class performers seeking form and fitness. It is part of the furniture, a valued and essential part, of the county game as a pathway to the level where every player wants to be. The departure lounge for Destination First Team.
Starting this week, when Warwickshire's 2nd XI face Gloucestershire and Somerset in a West Country T20 double-header on Wednesday and Thursday, The Bear will bring you exclusive reports of all their games.
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