Amongst our Year 7 students, we have a very talented cricketer, Syed (Zak) Abbas. Syed has been playing  cricket since he was just 2 years old and is now the lead wicket taker for the district, playing not only with people of his own age, but amongst adults too.

He has been active at his local cricket club, Fordhouses, for three years and for the past couple of years, he has also been selected to play for the under 12’s at Staffordshire Cricket Club – a massive achievement considering almost 200 people tried out. When bowling at one of his matches, he was spotted by a coach and has since been asked to join Worcester Satellite Academy.

Syed said: “My dad’s always encouraged me to play cricket as he was a professional   cricketer for 10-15 years and I enjoy it because it’s a fun and I get to meet to new friends.”

Syed hopes to become a professional cricketer one day. We will continue to support him and hope that one day, he will go on to play for England!