From Scours Lane to the World Cup Final: Ross Herridge’s journey from Berkshire to Australian glory

Herridge discusses his time playing for a series of Berkshire sides and has now won one of cricket's prizes

The 2023 Cricket World Cup was a triumph for Australia as they beat India in their own backyard. If you looked closely enough at the Aussie bench you might just have spotted a little bit of Berkshire.

In August 2023 Ross Herridge took up the post of Physical Performance Coach for Australia having spent 10 years with Sydney Sixers and Cricket New South Wales.

In the 2000s however Ross was much more familiar with the playing surfaces of Berkshire’s non-league scene, working with Reading FC and playing for Wokingham & Emmbrook, Bracknell Town and Reading Town before an opportunity with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club saw him move north.

In the latest Berkshire Football Stories podcast, Ross tells how he went from Scours Lane to the World Cup Final.

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Tom Canning

Tom Canning is the co-editor of Football in Berkshire. He has played at the lowest possible level of football in the Bracknell Sunday League Fourth Division. In real life Tom is a Freelance Digital Content Producer having spent 20 years at Reach PLC, starting out on the Reading Evening Post - as well as a year with The Cricketer Magazine. He co-founded Football in Berkshire with Darrell Freeland in 2016. He is the former manager of Bracknell Town Ladies Reserves and Binfield Ladies in the Thames Valley Women's League.

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