At the end of my interview with Lee Cooper a few weeks back, I asked him if he was happy with the cricket structure at Somerset. His response was leading: “It is prudent to review the playing structure when the team are losing”, he said. “In fact it is prudent to review the playing structure when the team are winning, but especially when we are losing and we are losing too many … [Read more...] about A Matt finish; Maynard leaves Somerset
2017
2017 Season Review
We're staying up! After a dreadful start to the season, we won four out of our last seven, after failing to win any of our first seven. However, despite the celebrations of the last day, there has been plenty to reflect on and learn from this season. The form of Somerset’s batsmen has been a source of frustration both for management and the support. Last season, we had … [Read more...] about 2017 Season Review
The Lee Cooper interview: “My overriding objective is to win silverware”
Lee Cooper is a Somerset fan. And he always has been. So when you walk into his office overlooking the pitch at the club’s County Ground, you would surmise that he would take great benefit from having access to arguably the best seats in the house. But not so. Well not at the moment anyway. “I have been so busy since being named Chief Executive Officer that I have hardly … [Read more...] about The Lee Cooper interview: “My overriding objective is to win silverware”
Somerset t20 Blast review: “Progress, but not there yet”
After two years of failure in the t20 Blast – in which they finished 8th and 9th, winning just seven out of 25 completed games – Somerset made progress this year, scraping through to the quarter-finals on net run rate before falling to an expert Notts side. It was an unusual South Group – a number of no results and the lack of any particularly strong or weak teams meant the … [Read more...] about Somerset t20 Blast review: “Progress, but not there yet”
Lee Cooper the right fit as the next CEO
Somerset has announced Guy Lavender’s replacement as the next Chief Executive of the club to be Lee Cooper, who is 37 years old and the founder of Cooper Associates, a local and highly successful business that has close links to the club as name sponsors of the County Ground. Mr Cooper has a keen interest in professional and recreational cricket and was a player that … [Read more...] about Lee Cooper the right fit as the next CEO