Friday, April 26, 2024

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Cricket Australia: Woolworths Cricket Blast achieves record numbers with plenty more cricket to come

Photo Credit: Sydney Sixers Australian Cricket’s entry-level Woolworths Cricket Blast Program has boomed this season with a 31% increase in registrations across Australia with term one programs still to come.  A program record 66,186 kids have signed up for Woolworths Cricket...

Cricket Australia and Cricket for Climate Drive Change with NCC Solar Project

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket for Climate have collaborated to install solar power at the National Cricket Centre (NCC) in Brisbane. This will save $50,000 in energy costs in the first year alone while reducing the...

Cricket Australia: Cricket Census Reveals Cricket Participation Continues to Grow

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia The number of Australians playing cricket continued to increase throughout the 2022-23 season with a 5% increase in total registered participation according to the latest Australian Cricket Census. The Census showed the total number of participants registered...

Cricket Australia: Early Registrations Booming ahead of Play Cricket Week

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia Australia’s retention of the Men’s and Women’s Ashes has given registrations for the coming season a major boost ahead of national Play Cricket Week (August 21 to 28) which begins next week.  The Ashes created enormous interest...

Cricket Australia: Grassroots volunteers honoured with National Community Cricket Awards

Photo Credit: Cricket NSW Cricket Australia has celebrated the outstanding contribution of grassroots volunteers across the country with the announcement of the winners of the National Community Cricket Awards. Supported by CommBank, the awards recognise excellent performance and outstanding initiatives in...

Cricket Australia: Girls participation breaking new ground

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia As the Australian Women’s Team prepares for its T20 World Cup semi-final against India in South Africa, participation among girls has hit a significant milestone with more than 20,000 girls aged 12-and-under registered to play in...

Cricket Australia: MCC Foundation to support the National Indigenous Cricket Championships

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) has entered a three-year partnership with Cricket Australia (CA) to support the National Indigenous Cricket Championships (NICC) and CA’s national Indigenous teams. Under the new agreement, the MCC Foundation will be an...

Cricket Australia: National Indigenous Cricket Championships Returns

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia The National Indigenous Cricket Championships (NICC) will return to the cricket calendar in Alice Springs from February 22 – February 28, 2023, after a two-year absence due to COVID-19. The NICC will again bring together some of...

Play continues with Woolworths and Cricket Australia

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia Woolworths and Cricket Australia today announced a two-year extension of their partnership that will continue to support the next generation of Australian cricketers. Woolworths will retain the naming rights for Australian Cricket’s highly successful entry level program,...

Cricket Australia: Weber WBBL|08, Australian Cricket’s new Women and Girls Week launched

Photo Credit: Cricket Australia The world’s best cricket league for women returns for its eighth season this week, with the Weber Women’s Big Bash League to be played against the backdrop of an exciting new celebration across the game. Alongside launching...

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MCC and ECB funding helps record numbers take part in MCC Foundation Hubs Programme

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club MCC'S CHARITABLE ARM, MCC FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THAT RECORD NUMBERS OF SECONDARY STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE...