Work Permit Criteria

The ECB has published the full and updated work permit criteria for the 2007 season. The document can be downloaded in full below:

Work Permit Criteria for 2007 season (80 KB)

These criteria have been agreed following consultation with the England and Wales Cricket Board and have also been agreed by Cricket Scotland and the Irish Cricket Union.

This criteria sheet is supplementary guidance to the published employer guidance notes and both sets of guidance should be referred to when making an application.

Work permits will only be issued to people employed by counties/clubs who are affiliated to the relevant governing body. The application should include details of affiliation. If necessary, Work Permits (UK) will contact the governing bodies for confirmation (contact details for the governing bodies are at the end of this sheet).

This includes applications for employment in indoor cricket from clubs who play in the British Indoor Cricket Association (BICA) League.

Applications from clubs in England and Wales:

ECB Cricket Department
Lord’s Cricket Ground
London
NW8 8QZ
Tel: 020 7432 1200
Fax: 020 7289 5619
Email: Cricket@ecb.co.uk

Applications from clubs in Scotland:

Cricket Scotland
National Cricket Academy
MES Sports Centre
Ravelston
Edinburgh
EH4 3NT
Tel: 0131 313 7420
Fax: 0131 313 7430
Email: admin@cricketscotland.com

Applications from clubs in Northern Ireland:

Irish Cricket Union
The Diamond
Malahide
Co. Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1 845 0710
Fax: 00 353 1 845 5545
Email: typetext@eircom.net

For further information on qualification and registration of overseas players in club cricket - please see the Directives and Guidelines section on ECB’s play-cricket.com site

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