“Competitions like the Knight-Stokes Cup are vitally important,” said Croft. “I remember when I was at school, I was the cricket coach as well as a player at 12 years old! Financially supported by Barclays and The Black Heart Foundation, the Knight-Stokes Cup as already proved immensely popular amongst state schools. I still look back to the Ashes in 2005, when the whole country was talking about cricket in the summer, that's where we want to be as a country again. I hope the Knight-Stokes Cup can help with that.

Source: The Herald April 04, 2026 00:22 UTC