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24 Apr 2014

Loughborough cricket coach appointed to national role


Salliann Briggs - Photo by Andrew Weekes

Salliann Briggs has been appointed to the role of England Women Development Programme Under-19 Head Coach.

Salliann, who is currently Head Coach of the Loughborough University MCCU women’s programme - boasting eight current England players as either students or alumni - replaces Jonathan Finch, who has become Women’s & Girls High Performance Manager.

Her first official work on the U19 programme will be this weekend at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough for a pre-season camp.

Salliann says her priority in the new role is to create a surplus of talent for the England Women’s Academy, which feeds the senior England Women team.

“The main prerogative really is to make sure we’ve got a growing talent pool of high quality players coming through the U19 programme and they’re able to progress into the academy programme, not when they’re 19 but ideally before that.”

More details on the ECB website.