Recreational
This is the section of ecb.co.uk dedicated to the recreational game. You can keep up to date with the latest recreational cricket news and find links to a wealth of information.
Play Cricket - Making A Difference: A report celebrating achievements in the recreational game in 2006 - and outlining clear examples of best practice moving forward Much of this is available through ECB's Cricket Network - www.play-cricket.com. This contains official sites for clubs, leagues, cup competitions and county boards all around the country.
The ECB runs official sites for many club, women's, county and age-group competitions on play-cricket. These are the places to go for the latest news, results and information on the recreational game - see the links below.
You can find information on the Minor Counties game on ecb.co.uk and by visiting the Minor Counties Cricket Association website on play-cricket.com; and on the MCC Universities matches via the MCC's website.
Cricket participation is surging upwards - full details of ECB's latest survey here Play-cricket is now an integral communications and administration tool for the ECB, providing county boards, leagues and clubs up and down the country with free administration systems as well as their websites.
You can find out more about play-cricket and how you too could benefit from using the system by visiting our play-cricket section – and then play-cricket.com itself.
There are now more than 4000 clubs using the system, and over 250 leagues - including all the ECB's official Premier Leagues. Visit their sites listed in the Club Competitions section to see some examples.
There are some important resources on ecb.co.uk for those involved with the club game.
The ECB's publication A Guide To Managing A Successful Club is full of valuable information for anyone involved in the administration or management of a club.
Details of many other club-related publications and initiaves can be found in our Development section on Club cricket
The Cockspur Cup
Bromley lift Cup
All the news from the premier club knockout competition through the season and right up to Bromley's triumph in the final at Lord's
Nationwide U15 Championship
All's well for Kent side
News from the breeding ground for rising stars through to the 2007 National Finals in Bournemouth, won by Tunbridge Wells
MCC Spirit of Cricket U13
Bath triumphant
National club competition for U13 sides - backed by MCC and won by Bath in 2007
Vital links
- Paul Bedford has been appointed by the ECB as the new Head of Operations for non-first-class cricket
- ECB's official recreational resources - across county, club, women's and girls' comptitions
- Minor Counties Cricket Association
- Minor Counties results
- ECB Association of Cricket Officials
- The 50+ County Championship
