Cricket
The England Women were incredible runners up to Australia in the Cricket World Cup last month. Were you inspired by their achievement? There are so many ways for you to get involved with cricket this summer and thanks to the team at the ECB -the England and Wales Cricket Board, we can give you all the lowdown!! See further down the article for The Hundred information and how to watch the County stars in action from home this season too.
All Stars Cricket (ages 5-8) and Dynamos Cricket (ages 8-11)
They are amazing ways to get involved in the game with a mixture of skills and fun games offered throughout the courses. There are 4,000 courses being delivered across England and Wales this year with the first starting on 6 May. Each of the courses are eight weeks long and will be offered across the summer including during the school summer holidays and throughout The Hundred. Everyone involved in All Stars will receive a backpack, cricket bat, cricket ball and personalised t-shirt with their name on! Dynamos players will also receive a New Balance personalised t-shirt with their name and number as well as exclusive access to the Dynamos app and Topps Cricket Attax cards.
In areas of the country where cricket is not as accessible, the ECB's partnership with Sky via The Hundred means they're able to offer Dynamos Intros . They are targeting 100 different towns and inner cities across the next two years to give children there the opportunity to play and get involved.
If you want to find out more about getting involved in cricket, or developing your skills, visit https://www.ecb.co.uk and click on the 'Play' section on the left hand side of the page.
Did you watch The Hundred last summer? It's back this year and offers unique opportunities in itself to engage children your age with some of the top players in the world playing, lots of events around the ground and live music thanks to a partnership with BBC Music Introducing. Affordable ticket prices mean that U16 tickets are priced at just £5 and free for children aged five - general sale tickets have already gone live ...but only in the last few weeks, on April 20th, so check out www.thehundred.com to find out more. .
Want to watch some top class cricket this summer? All County fixtures are live streamed (men’s and women’s) online including: Vitality Blast, Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
The BBC will also be showing 11 Hundred games live on free to air television making cricket more accessible than ever. Sky will also be livestreaming most if not all of the women’s Hundred games.
Huge thanks to the ECB for the information, images and videos in this article.
