Does your club have women and girls provision currently? 

Having an established women and girls section can provide many benefits to your club, it opens the club up to more members, and it can help maximise any funding opportunities that are available.

Oxfordshire is seeing a surge of cricket activity for women and girls and we want more clubs, teams and individuals to join us in 2022.

Get involved:

Girls leagues at Under 11, 13 and 15 age groups.

Under 11’s will be Sunday mornings and a festival format, clubs taking part only have to host one festival day, taking away the pressure on ground availability. Format – 6-a-side pairs.

Under 13’s will play Tuesday evenings and the format will be 8 a side incrediball pairs cricket (16 over matches). 

Under 15’s will be Wednesday evenings and the format will be hardball, 20 overs and 11 a side (last season it was 8 aside and may be the case again, clubs will be consulted).

Player recruitment – This is one area where clubs struggle tradionationally. In terms of Under 11’s cricket then running a Dynamo’s programme is a good recruitment tool. Creating links with secondary schools is also key when recruiting for Under 13 and 15 age groups. Oxfordshire’s Women & Girls Officer can help with this.

Women’s softball festivals:

We are looking to run 10 softball festivals in 2022 (in 2021 we had over 300 ladies take part across 6 festivals). If your club would like to host a festival then please contact [email protected] 

A womens softball festival is a great way of getting a large group together at your club for the day, it can showcase your club and if done right, the day can be a good fund raiser with bar/BBQ open etc.

Women’s hardball leagues:

If your club is keen to offer hardball then the best option is to go through the Home Counties Women’s Cricket League. They have a Development 8 a side competition and an 11 a side performance competition.

If your club is keen to grow their offering for women and girls, please contact [email protected] to book a meeting.

Oxfordshire Cricket is committed to making cricket a game for everyone in our county. As such, we are encouraging people to complete the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) survey.

The ICEC has been set up by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as an entirely independent body to examine diversity, inclusion and equity in cricket at all levels and in all roles.

The ICEC’s survey invites the public to share their perceptions and experiences of discrimination and inclusion in cricket and is open for anyone to complete.

The survey will assist the ICEC in examining discrimination in the game and identifying opportunities to tackle the problems. A report is set to be published in summer 2022 that will also identify good practice in the game that can be learnt from, shared, and improved.

The survey is completely anonymous and can be completed with anyone involved currently or in the past with cricket, whether a recreational player or a professional, volunteer, employee, coach, umpire, parent or a fan and regardless of their gender, race or social class.

It is clear that cricket needs to address inequalities that are present in the game, and this is an important step in making that possible.

The ICEC’s online survey is available here.

More information about the ICEC is available here.

The new Level 2 qualification will now be called ‘Core Coach’. This course has been redesigned and our tutors will be trained on delivering the new course throughout January with the aim being we can run a course in March 2022. If you are interested in doing your Level 2 then please click here to register your interest.