WORCESTERSHIRE left-arm seamer Jack Shantry has been given a behind-the-scenes view of Sky Sports News.

Shantry was among eight county players who visited the television station’s Isleworth studios as part of a Professional Cricketers’ Association initiative.

The cricketers sat in on the morning planning meeting where the Sky Sports New team discussed the schedule for the day and the angles they might take on developing stories.

The players were asked for their views on Sky Sports and, in particular, their coverage of cricket.

The players were then paired and spent time with each of the departments – production, gallery, news desk and digital media – to see how each of them worked.

The day ended with a question-and-answer session on how to develop skills to become an on-camera presenter including the use of touch screens.

Northamptonshire and former England slow left armer Monty Panesar, Leicestershire pair Clint McKay and Paul Horton, Sussex paceman Tymal Mills, Gloucestershire’s Jack Taylor and David Payne and Middlesex off-spinner Ollie Rayner were also involved.

This was the second year the PCA have taken a group of players into the Sky Sports News studios to give a taster to players who might be interested in a future career in the media about what the job involves.

The players were joined by David Townsend, one of the PCA’s six-strong team of personal development and welfare managers, who organised the trip.