Cricket's master-plan unveiled

England will today signal their determination to keep growing as a cricket force by unveiling a new five-year plan.

David Collier has been happy to take a back seat since succeeding Tim Lamb as the ECB's chief executive in October but the former county boss will be centre of attention when his strategic plan to 2009 is shown in public for the first time.

The venue for the presentation, a school in Southall, is significant because arguably the most vital plank in the structure Collier is planning concerns a real commitment to youth cricket.