England put in community work

Kolkata: England, who have secured a knockout berth with a game to spare, on Thursday cancelled training, and instead got down to community work. The highflying ‘Young Lions’ headed to the Newtown School to share their knowledge with children from various backgrounds. “It was about doing some community work as it’s really important that the players give something back,” England chief coach Steve Cooper said. “We’ve come here and it’s important we show a little bit of respect and it’s important that we learn a bit about the part of the world that we’ve come to.” The England players discussed both the game and their lives and backgrounds with the children and also spoke about their training methods. They gave invaluable tips to the budding Kolkata junior players. “We’ve loved being in Kolkata, the support and the people around the training ground and the hotel,” Cooper added.