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• MATTHEW will be reporting in to the County Ground on Monday March 19th together with the other professional players of Sussex CCC.
• He has completed a series of nets and training sessions in the same manner as he started - full of determination to succeed.
• One can pose the question whether he would have gained more from a trip abroad to play in foreign climes.
• In his situation it may not have made a great deal of difference. He has had the benefit of local mentoring and the County Club have certainly been able to guide him in their ways.
• At the beginning of next season he will - without doubt - be required to travel overseas and hopefully be part of a set up similar to that administered by Paul Terry ex-Hampshire CCC in South Africa where he provides individual coaching and tuition in addition to the visitor playing for a strong local Club.
• The essential element here is the one to one coaching which prevails in many areas of the cricketing world.
• In England we tend to wait until about the age of 18 before honing the young pro. In other countries - where child hood may be shorter - 14 and 15 year olds are receiving one to one coaching and developing their skills at least 3 years earlier than our youngsters.
• SUSSEX TOUR TO GRENADA
• In order to follow the tour Bruce Talbot, Evening Argus, who is accompanying Sussex CCC, has given permission to take copy from his reports.
• He hopes to be filing match reports and news from the tour on a daily basis although this depends to some extent on how good the communications are in Grenada.
• He also hopes that Matthew will get plenty of opportunities and he is looking forward to seeing him in action.
  
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