A GROUP of Worcestershire County Cricketers have been pushing the boundaries while preparing for the new season by extending their skills to cookery.

Seven of the New Road players popped into St John’s in Worcester for a day in the kitchen at the Red Hen Cookery School as part of their on-going personal development.

The day was organised by the Professional Cricketers’ Association personal development and welfare manager Lynsey Williams.

During the session the players were taught a range of cooking skills and how to cook meat and vegetables in different and interesting ways to retain all the important nutrients.

Lynsey said: “It was a brilliant day which concentrated on improving cooking skills and knowledge.

“This is the first time that the Worcestershire players have done a cookery class. We have done sessions on trade skills in the past but this was organised in response to the players’ desire to make their diet more interesting.

“They all receive nutritional advice on what food is good for them, this session helped them to find new ideas for cooking for the food that is their fuel in different ways.

“They were also taught the science behind the recipes and the skills that they were taught will hopefully have benefits for the players while they are training and playing.

“Thank you to Red Hen Cookery in St Johns for arranging a day that was both great fun and educational.”

The Worcestershire players who took part in the cookery session were Jack Shantry, Alexei Kervezee, Josh Tongue, Ben Cox, Ed Barnard, Joe Leach and Charlie Morris.