Bisexuals have experiences that make them unique as a group. Thus, it would seem reasonable to have a model of identity development for this group. This article reviews theoretical and empirical models of lesbian, gay, and bisexual identity development. A new model of bisexual identity development is then proposed, containing research from lesbian and gay identity development models to serve as hypotheses. These hypotheses serve to help better understand how women and men might experience the bisexual identity development process differently.

This study aimed to examine the sociodemographic profile of youth and professional cricketers in England and Wales, with a particular focus on the British South Asian (BSA) player.Approach: Sociodemographic data was collected via an England and Wales Cricket Board survey to identify participants' relative access to wealth via school type attended (i.e., state and private school) and ethnicity (i.e., White British, BSA, and Other). Divided across three groups, findings were compared against expected distributions based on national norms:Findings: Results highlighted socio-economic and racial biases, predominantly favouring privately educated and white cricketers at both youth and professional levels. Specifically, whilst BSA cricketers were over-represented when compared to national norms at youth level, results indicated a reverse effect at PS whereby BSAs become under-represented.Practical Implications: Highlighting disparities in socio-economic and racial representation provides justification for key stake holders to evaluate current practices and move towards building interventions to eradicate such biases.

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The identification and development of talent towards expertise is the primary goal for many professional cricket organisations. The purpose of this study was to utilise retrospective County Age Group (CAG; U10-U19) match performance data to develop age-specific benchmarks for young cricketers to achieve senior professional status. Moreover, results were aligned to the Development Model of Sport Participation (Côté et al., 2007) to better understand the developmental trajectories of bowlers and batters. The study consisted of 251 male players from an English professional first-class county cricket club who were categorised into two skill-sets dependant on their match performance data (bowlers: n=118; batters: n=133). Bowling and batting averages, as well as wickets taken and runs scored, were used for analysis. No significant differences were identified for bowlers who were successful and unsuccessful in achieving professional status prior to U17. In contrast, batters who achieved professional status displayed significantly superior match performance data throughout the pathway. Overall, this data: (a) provides evidence of performance targets for young aspiring cricketers to achieve expertise in English cricket, (b) highlights that bowlers and batters typically follow different development trajectories, and (c) offers an analytical tool for key stakeholders to develop an evidence-based talent identification programme.