Playing cricket is a great way for children to make friends and learn new skills. Cricket is open to all and there are lots of opportunities for children aged five upwards to learn the game and take part in different levels of competition that suit them.

Dynamos Schools

Building on the success of Kwik Cricket, Dynamos Schools has been designed to deliver an exciting new brand of primary inter-school competition connecting to the elite via The Hundred.

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Secondary Countdown Cricket

Secondary Countdown Cricket is a flexible, fun pairs-based format for secondary school students. It builds on the Dynamos Schools format students may have played at primary school and connects PE lessons to intra-school competition.

Click here to read about how to set-up and play a game of Secondary Countdown Cricket.

Chance to Compete

Chance to Compete is Chance to Shine’s State Secondary inter-school competition aimed at giving students an opportunity to play competitive soft ball cricket. Matches are played in under an hour and all participants play a significant part in the game.

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SEND & ALN School Competitions – Table Cricket and Soft Ball

Each have their own national competition pathways, with finals at Lords and other County Grounds

Table Cricket

This is an adapted version of the game, played on a table tennis table and specially designed to give young disabled people the chance to play and compete in the sport of cricket.

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Soft Ball Cricket

Designed as an accessible and competitive alternative to table cricket, the new softball format will provide pupils in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and additional learning needs (ALN) settings with a dynamic new way to engage with the game.

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ECB Girls U13 & U15 Schools Indoor Competition

Eight-a-side, indoor, eight overs per innings. This exciting format of the game is open to all state and independent schools. This popular competition has been the starting point for many of our past and current England Womens’ cricketers, Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor and Issy Wong to name but a few.

Competing initially at County level, County winners for both age groups then play at regional finals with the winners from each age group competing at the National Finals hosted at Lord’s in May.

Please email us on the link below for details of how to enter from September - competitions@ecb.co.uk

The Knight-Stokes Cup

The MCC Foundation’s new national hard ball competition for state schools, giving students the chance to play in the final at Lord's, the Home of Cricket.

Click here to read more about the Knight-Stokes Cup.