Get Into Cricket

To encourage new people to try cricket, lapsed players to pick up a bat again and existing players to play more the below will give you some ideas of how, when and where you can play cricket in a way that suits you.

Playing opportunities

There are lots of different playing opportunities for all ages and abilities, these include club cricket, indoor cricket and new shorter formats of the game:

Play club cricket - use our directory search and find a suitable cricket club near you to start playing men's, women's, girls' or boys' cricket	Last Man Stands - offers an exciting and easily accessible format of cricket for busy people, Twenty 20 social cricket game played over approx 2h & 15min
Indoor Cricket – 8-a-side cricket played in special courts enclosed by tight string netting	Easy Cricket is a concept to get people involved and playing informal easy formats of the game

If playing is not for you, get your buzz from cricket by supporting other areas of the game:

• coaching cricket
• umpiring or scoring cricket
• volunteer for your local cricket club - investigate the numerous benefits to be gained by donating some of your time
• teaching and using cricket in the classroom

Contact us

If you have any queries you should contact the Cricket Development Staff at your local County Board

The ECB's Development staff within the Cricket Department has overall responsibility for developing cricket activity in schools and clubs in England and Wales.

The County Cricket Boards are the mechanism to deliver these initiatives.