Paul Hutchison: Outgoing Jersey Cricket boss happy at legacy he leaves behind

How Jersey goes about getting that bigger squad is a tough challenge.

Unlike many of their rival nations, they cannot call on a diaspora of talented players with Jersey heritage playing overseas – something Italy did with great effect this summer as they beat Jersey to T20 World Cup qualification.

Also, Jersey – with a population of just 100,000 – does not have the levels of immigration of other nations, meaning they are less likely to have talent from places such as South Asia moving to the island.

“The landscape of cricket is changing,” Hutchison added.

“The migration of people means that cricket teams can change pretty quickly from being pretty ordinary to being fairly excellent within a couple of years.

“The migration in and out of Jersey is pretty tight, so that side of it is not really going to change too much, I don’t think.

“So it’s just going to be focusing on the pathway and making sure these younger players are developing and coming through.

“One of the things we looked at doing during my time was increasing the fast bowling resources we had.

“We’ve now got four or five 6ft 4in fast bowlers who are only 15 years old, but if they keep tracking as they are doing, they should be ready to be picked up and put in the first team by whoever is coaching them in hopefully three or four years’ time.”

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