KEVIN Sharp says other counties will be envious of the conveyor belt of young fast bowling talent being developed at Worcestershire.

The County's new boss has worked with the likes of Josh Tongue, Pat Brown, George Scrimshaw, Dillon Pennington and Adam Finch in his previous role as second XI coach.

Tongue has become a first team regular to earn an England Lions call-up and Brown had his first taste of County Championship cricket at the end of last season.

Scrimshaw is part of the ECB Pace Programme while Pennington and Finch are in England’s current ICC Under 19 World Cup squad.

Sharp said: “We’ve got something which a lot of clubs would be quite jealous of at the moment.

“We can be quite proud of our development here. You hear through the media and on TV now that Worcestershire does get mentioned for its development of players.

“Having grown up in Yorkshire, where it was very much about bringing your academy through, there is a very similar thing going on here.

“Elliot Wilson runs a very strong academy. He has got his finger on the pulse and all the rest of us coaches support that.

“You look at the team and everyone has been brought up pretty much through the system.

"In this day and age, we can be very proud of that and I think there is a lot of respect for us because of that.

“We’ve got a nucleus of young fast bowlers which is priceless.

“They are tall, fast bowlers who do something with the ball and make it bounce. It’s rare to have a number of them like we have.

“Browny is just making his way. He has come on the scene, is an aggressive fast bowler, is up for it, hungry and has got some raw talent.

“To have a nucleus of these lads in the wings is absolutely priceless.

“Both Dillon and Finchy are in the under 19 set-up and to play in a World Cup is a great experience.

“The club have had very good representation at national level through the youth groups for the last few years.

“That says we must be doing a lot right with our development.”

Meanwhile, Pennington picked up his first world cup wicket in England’s triumph over Bangladesh in their second group match in Queenstown.

It all but secured their qualification for the quarter-finals in New Zealand.

The paceman struck with his second ball after Bangladesh elected to bat.

He trapped Pinak Ghosh lbw for four as his first spell brought him 1-17 from six overs.

Pennington returned to the attack and ended with 8-0-26-1 while also being responsible for a run-out with a throw from short third man.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 175 in 49.2 overs before an unbeaten hundred from Harry Brook secured a comprehensive seven-wicket win.

Barring a heavy defeat to Canada on Saturday, England will progress as group winners.