And in the same week, Tim le Breton received a call up from the England and Wales Cricket Board to attend a special spin bowling clinic at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough.

Le Breton captained the Lancashire Schools' team in a series of five matches played over a week at King's School, Taunton.

Lancashire won all five of their matches – beating Shropshire, Cornwall, Kent, Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire. Their tally of 91 points out of a possible 100 set a record for the competition, which has been held for the last 23 years.

And he received the winner's trophy from former Test umpire and Somerset county stalwart, Ken Palmer.

Le Breton had captained Lancashire for the first time when the side drubbed Yorkshire by six wickets at Highfield CC the previous week.

But as he led his team out on to the field on the first morning of the Taunton tournament, he received a call asking him to attend a two-day intensive course in spin bowling organised by the ECB at their £6 million pound training centre attached to Loughborough University.

The National Cricket Performance Centre is where contracted players for the full England Squad like Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson train between Test matches.

Commenting on the best week of his cricket career to date, le Breton said: "Being asked to captain the Lancashire side was a real thrill.
"The team are fantastically talented, but it is really hard work making sure the right bowlers bowled at the right time and had the best fields set for them."

"I can't wait to get to Loughborough. The facilities look amazing. I think there are just 16 of us selected from across the country between the ages of 13 and 16."

It will be another tough challenge for the Stonyhurst youngster, who, in his first year at the College this summer term, held down a regular place in their first XI and has taken the field for Clitheroe first team in cup, league and Twenty/20 matches.