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Article: Child's play; The 11-year-old N. Wales cricket prodigies showing adults how its done.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2002
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Byline: Gareth Hughes
WELSH cricket hit new heights with a recent victory over England, but the future looks even brighter with the emergence of a host of new young talent in North Wales.
The region has long been considered a cricketing backwater, with the country's only first class side being Glamorgan in the south.
However, a new crop of 11year-olds are already mixing it with adult players at some of the region's top clubs and are making a name for themselves at national level.
Dion Holden, who plays for Bangor's second team, was one of four North Walians in the Welsh Under-11s side during a recent match, the others being his Bangor ...