Richard Spiller casts his eye over the development work at a Surrey club that has borne fruit with a number of future stars

Breakthrough: Martin Bicknell, here celebrating one of his 16 wickets for Surrey against Leicestershire at Woodbridge Road in 2000, was the first Guildford player to represent England

What do Ollie Pope, Ashley Giles, Rikki Clarke and Martin Bicknell have in common? All rose to international cricket via Guildford’s colts, the club having helped 17 youngsters take important steps towards achieving first-class status since Bicknell became the fir...