essex blades cricket

Essex Blades Cricket

WHAT IS CRICKET?

Cricket is a team sport with 11 players per side. The batting team try to score as many runs as possible and the bowling team try to restrict the number of runs they score through fielding and bowling them out. The teams then switch in the second innings and try to chase down the batting total made in the first innings.

HOW MANY TEAMS DO WE HAVE?

  • Men's Indoor team (BUCS South East)
  • Women's Indoor team (BUCS South East)
  • Men's Outdoor 1st team (BUCS South East Tier 2)
  • Men's Outdoor 2nd team (BUCS South East Tier 2)
  • Women's Outdoor 1st team (BUCS South East Tier 1)

RECENT HONOURS

  • Men's Indoor team (BUCS South East) - Division Runners-Up 2016/17
  • Essex Blades Bronze Standard Club - 2016/17 
  • BUCS National Indoor Trophy Runners-Up - 2017/18
  • BUCS South Eastern 2B Winners - 2017/18
  • BUCS South Eastern 3B Winners - 2017/18
  • Essex Blades Gold Standard Club - 2017/18, 2018/19 
  • Nominated - Social Club of the Year - 2017/18, 2018/19
  • Nominated - Club of the Year - 2018/19

GET STARTED

To be a part of the club, you need to join up as a member. The different club membership options are listed below with a description of what each membership covers. By purchasing a membership you are agreeing to the club's code of conduct.

Club kit is provided at training but for games it is recommended to have own batting equipment: whites, helmet, pads, box, gloves and bat.

 

Please note that your membership information will be used in conjunction with Essex Sport (University of Essex) purely for the purpose of providing access to required facilities and data analysis. Your data will not be shared with anyone else or used for marketing purposes. Memberships are uploaded to the Essex Sport system manually and so it may take up to 5 working days before you are able to book onto your session via the Essex Sport app and attend training sessions.

Should you have any problems please email scadmin@essex.ac.uk

TRAINING TIMES

CLUB TRAINING

Thursday

6-8PM

Outdoor nets

BUCS Teams

CLUB TRAINING & FILM STUDY

Friday

2-3PM

Sports Hall

All members welcome

CLUB TRAINING

TBC

Outdoor nets

BUCS Teams

 

CLUB COMMITTEE

Club Captain

President

Treasurer

Vice President

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