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England Cricketers Celebrate Brit Insurance National Cricket Day

England cricketers Alastair Cook, Graham Onions, Adil Rashid and Matt Prior went back to school to help celebrate ‘Brit Insurance National Cricket Day’.

Thousands of school children in primary and secondary schools across the country joined in cricket-themed activities, both in the classroom and in the playground.

Cricket assemblies, inter-class games, cricket festivals and staff v pupil matches were some of the activities taking place outside the classroom; while inside the classroom teachers will be using The Cricket Foundation’s educational resource 'CricEd' that brings a cricket perspective across the curriculum. Year 4 pupils at Johanna Primary School in London will, for example, be learning about co-ordinates in maths through identifying players’ positions on a cricket pitch, helped by England Test wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Chief Executive of The Cricket Foundation Wasim Khan said ‘The whole cricket fraternity has really got behind Brit Insurance National Cricket Day with the ECB and PCA providing the ambassadors, a joint flagship event in Cornwall with MCC, County Boards helping with Chance to Shine coaches and The Lord’s Taverners and Slazenger supplying facilities and equipment respectively. It’s a great opportunity for all of us to celebrate cricket in schools and as well as the continued success of Chance to Shine.’