Wisden Schools Editor Rob Morris previews the forthcoming schools season
WITH SCHOOLS returning from their Easter break from the middle of April onwards, the new school season is keenly awaited after what has seemed a long and depressing winter. This year sees the introduction of the Knight-Stokes Cup, a new competition for state schools’ Under 15 teams only, run by the MCC Foundation and conceived by Michael Vaughan and Mark Nicholas.
The new tournament has around 750 schools taking part, with 700 boys teams and 384 girls teams, and the finals day taking place on Thursday, Se...