Mark Stoneman Joins Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club is pleased to announce that Mark Stoneman has joined the Club’s coaching department.
The former England opener joins Somerset on an initial three-month consultancy basis and will be working with the Club’s batters.
In a professional career that spanned over 15 years, Mark represented Durham, Surrey, Middlesex and Hampshire amassing 19,864 runs across the three formats of the game.
After arriving at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Mark said: “I’m looking forward to getting amongst the lads and sharing some good knowledge. Hopefully, we can help them improve on the things that they’re already doing well. The aim is to maximise the performance of what is already a high performing group. This is a fantastic opportunity at a highly successful club. Hopefully, I can help bring more success to Somerset.
“Cricket has been my life since I was about four years old and during the last few winters I’ve had an eye on the coaching side of things. I’ve been learning about myself as a coach by doing some individual coaching and working with Middlesex Women. I’ve also worked with the Hampshire professionals and age group players, and it’s been a positive progression so far.
“I’m looking forward to working with the players and finding out what works for them and what makes them tick. It’s important that their thought processes are matching up with what’s happening on the physical front. Everyone has their own unique way of doing things and the key is to help enable the players to flourish as individuals so that they are playing to the best of their ability. You can then bring that together within the collective so that we have the batting unit that the team needs.”
Somerset CCC Head Coach, Jason Kerr added: “We’ve been looking for someone to replace Shane Burger (former SCCC Batting Coach), and we are extremely fortunate that someone of Mark’s calibre is available to step into that role.
“Mark had an incredible playing career, and his record speaks for itself. He’s got international experience and has vast experience of the domestic game. That’s just a small part of what he will bring. He will be able to support the players mentally and help them with their own individual methods.
“Mark has been on a coaching journey over the years. He’s been coaching privately and has worked with young players as well as vastly experienced pros. He’s very aware of the coach that he wants to become, and although he’s in the infancy of that process, he has a lot of experience behind him in numerous environments.”
