Cricket East

Since 2003, the Lady Taverners Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15 girls' cricket competitions, run by the ECB, have given over 75,000 girls the opportunity to participate in cricket, many for the first time.

This competition has been renamed as the ECB Indoor Schools Softball Competition.

The UK's only national girls-only cricket competitions provide a vital pathway for grassroots girls' cricket, introducing participants to local clubs and development programmes. Almost half of the current England women’s squad have developed through the competitions, including Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole and Sarah Taylor.

Cricket East runs the ECB Indoor Schools competition programme for Under 13 and Under 15 girls which culminates in the Under 13 and Under 15 Indoor Schools Competitions and County Finals.

The winners of the Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire county Under 13 and Under 15 competitions progress to the Regional Finals. The regional winners progress to the National Finals at Lord's.

Details of competitions

Bedfordshire
State School Finals:
14th March 2024
John Bunyan Centre

• U13: 9.30am -12.30pm
• U15: 12.45pm - 3pm

Bedfordshire
County Finals:
21st March 2024
John Bunyan Centre

• U13: 9.30am -12.30pm
• U15: 12.45pm - 3pm

Huntingdonshire
U13:
1st February U13 at St Ivo School
1pm - 3pm

U15:
28th February U15 at St Ivo School
1pm - 3pm

Huntingdonshire
County Finals:
U13 and U15:
6th March 2024
St Ivo School
1pm - 3pm

For more information or to get your school involved in the programme, please contact:
Damianne Redpath
Women and Girls Lead (Participation & Growth)
Tel: 07392 085791