Framlinghamian 2022 - Flipbook - Page 261
SOF | RECENT LEAVERS
Contract. 2020 saw him selected to play
in the Best of the Best ECB Young Lions trial
matches and spend the winter in Australia
at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy.
2021 has been a rollercoaster of a season,
with early season matches for Northants
CCC 2nd XI County Championship
and T20 competitions. Some solid
performances brought him to the attention
of NCCC Head Coach, David Ripley. Fred
was included in the Vitality Blast T20
squad and made his professional debut at
Chester Le Street against Durham on 23rd
June, taking the wicket of Ben Raine in his
second over. Decent spells in subsequent
Blast matches cemented his place in the
starting squad and then in the 50-over
FREDDIE HELDREICH (S04-20)
Royal London Cup squad for the rest of the
season.
When Freddie first represented
Brandeston Hall back in Year 4, he was
Fred has now been offered a two-year
asked by one of his teachers what he
professional contract by Northants CCC
wanted to be when he grew up. The
which he will combine with his studies at
inevitable answer, for those that know
Loughborough University where he has
him, was to be a professional cricketer.
started a foundation year and has been
He has never wavered from this single-
awarded a scholarship.
minded mission, even when things
looked bleak in 2019 after he sustained a
potentially career ending stress fracture
of his spine. Rather unfortunately, this
coincided with the ECB Super 4s, the
pathway to England Young Lions, when he
was arguably at his most mercurial.
Fred is a rare beast when it comes to
cricketers. He is a bowler who practises
left-arm wrist spin and, given the rise
in stock for wrist spinners generally
throughout the game and especially in
white ball cricket, he came to the attention
of Northamptonshire CCC in 2017 and
was very quickly offered an Academy
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