1. ‘Southern Central XI’ 27 th January 2016

2.  Provide a high quality competitive league environment  Create a clearly defined player pathway  Drive awareness of women’s cricket & increase participation  Increase media interest and coverage of women’s cricket  Create opportunities for the women’s cricket workforce

3. Sussex Dorset Wiltshire Berkshire Oxfordshire Isle of Wight Southampton Solent University

4.  Highly populated area – 6.5 million  1,160 cricket clubs  1,825 Schools  3 top women’s county teams, 2 First Class counties  Pooling of skills, ideas & energy  Dynamic local University specialising in Sports Science  Access to outstanding cricket grounds

5. Academy/EPP Hampshire Women Dorset, Wilts & IoW Sussex & Oxfordshire WCSL Southern Central ECB Overseas Berks (& Bucks)

6. Number of clubs with women’s/girls sections WomenGirls Clubs% Hampshire23212499.2 Sussex21223516.0 Oxfordshire 9 61665.4 Wiltshire 5 31463.4 Berkshire 4101033.9 Dorset 3 71102.7 Isle of Wight 1 0 352.9 6669 1,160

7.  Consortium Management Group – to discuss & plan regionalised development programmes, such as:  W10 & new initiatives – Mike?  Girls Club Programme - including Chance 2 Shine  Coach Education – Women only Level 2 courses  County and Regional club competition structure  WCSL player ambassador programme to clubs & schools  Distribution of matches – take WCSL to counties within the Region and spread the word locally

8.  Marketing and Commercial support from within the group:  Naming Competition  Website/Social Media  150,000+ database  Sponsors – kit/team/match  Media resources – TV/Radio  Match Day experiences – Women’s Day  T20 Blast showcase opportunities

9.  Maximising economies of scale and shared resources:  Internal resourcing – maximising Ageas Bowl coaching & support staff. Also Finance & Marketing teams  Opportunities for coaches from member counties  Combining Educational aspirations with cricket – Phil?  Access to indoor & outdoor training facilities  Regionalised selection – consortium members within 1 ½ hours of Ageas Bowl  Match planning responsibility with each match host  Establish separate limited company

10. Squad/Players: 15 players in each squad, incl 2 overseas 3 contracted, 3 Academy Fixtures: July 30 – Aug 14 Finals Day – Sat or Sun 20/21 Aug at Chelmsford

11.  How can we all contribute?:  Press release - Naming Competition  Coaching opportunities – match day/camps  Increasing participation – regionalised initiatives  Combining Educational aspirations with cricket  Development of players – throughout the group  Consortium Members Group – responsibilities?  Management Board to include female Elite Player  Match planning responsibility with each match host – see over….

12. 2016 – T20 matches: Ageas Bowl - 2 T20s (plus 1?) 2017, 2018 & 2019 – T20s & 50 over matches: Ageas Bowl - 2 T20s (plus 1?) Sussex – 50 over Berkshire – 50 over Plus 1? – 50 over