The Spin | Knight-Stokes Cup sets up much-needed platform for state school cricket

The Knight-Stokes Cup is a new cricket tournament designed to provide a platform for state school cricket in England, countering the historic Eton vs Harrow fixture at Lord's. A Sutton Trust report found that 59% of professional male cricketers in England attended independent schools, making it one of the most privately educated professions in the country. Former England bowler Sajid Mahmood, who is state school-educated, has spent eight years coaching cricket to state school students in west London and has yet to encounter another England cricketer working in the state school system.