WORCESTERSHIRE satellite academy player Archie O’Hara has picked up a prestigious award.
O’Hara lifted the Midlands Club Cricket Conference (MCCC) Alec Hastilow Under-16 Player-of-the-Year Trophy at the age of just 14.
The teenage batsman, who lives in Tettenhall in the Black Country, has been a pupil at the nearby Wolverhampton Grammar School for the past five years.
He was nominated for the award by his club side Wolverhampton, where Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell, 22, is also a member.
Worcestershire academy coach Elliot Wilson said: “We would like to congratulate Archie on his award.
“He has been on our satellite academy at under-14 level and is now with the under-15s.”
O’Hara has been a permanent fixture in his school’s first XI.
Head of boys’ sport Nigel Crust said: “Archie’s skills as a batsman have earned him the title of most promising under-16 player.
“It is an impressive and quite honestly astounding achievement for someone so young.
“His recorded runs during the last season recorded him as the fifth highest run total in the country (in schools cricket).”
The MCCC oversees Midlands cricket and has provided a range of services, including annual awards, representative cricket and youth cricket, since 1947.
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