FORMER Corsham player Craig Miles will develop his potential as a fast bowler with the Potential England Performance Programme this winter.

Miles, from Purton, joins Somerset’s Craig Overton, Glamorgan’s Mike Reed, Northamptonshire’s Olly Stone and Tom Helm, of Middlesex, as one of the PEPP fast bowlersto undertake intensive strength and conditioning sessions ahead of a trip to South Africa.

The group will then spend three weeks in Potchefstroom in February under the guidance of experienced county professionals Neil Killeen, Graeme Welch and Glen Chapple.

Miles, 19, claimed 43 first-class victims at an average of 30.58 last season.

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