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Urban Cricket

npower Urban Cricket, a grassroots project run in conjunction with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), was launched in 2006 with one clear goal – to get more children playing cricket. Since its launch in 2006, npower and the ECB have distributed over 85,000 Urban Cricket kits to children in the UK.

Urban Cricket Crew 2011

Urban Cricket Crew is a joint project between the ECB and npower, which gives hundreds of under 13s each year the chance to experience and enjoy Test Match Cricket right before their eyes from the Urban Cricket Crew seating area!

Bring your U13 class, youth cricket team or community group along to the Urban Cricket Crew in 2011 for an amazing day at a discounted price!

Having arrived at the Urban Cricket Crew Welcome Area at 9.30am, youngsters will receive an Urban Cricket Crew goodie bag that includes an activity pack crammed with cricket puzzles and challenges, a cap, t-shirt, giant foam hand and a pen and will have their group photo taken*.

* Please let us know on the day if, due to lack of parental consent, we are unable to take photos of some of the children in your group.

** Limited tickets are available and are allocated on a ‘first come, first served basis’. When booking your tickets please quote ‘Urban Cricket Crew npower website’

Urban Cricket Arenas

To give children more opportunity to access safe cricket facilities and play cricket, five disused park areas of the UK have been transformed into Urban Cricket Arenas since 2007 with thousands of children having attended training sessions and master classes at these arenas.  Teachers also attend training sessions to develop their skills/confidence of delivering cricket activities in school.

Surrounding each arena, five school playgrounds have been turned into Urban Cricket Zones with the implementation of playground markings.

Is there one near you?

• South London – opened by Monty Panesar in August 2007.
• Sheffield – opened by Ryan Sidebottom in April 2008
• Birmingham - opened by Ian Bell and James Anderson in August 2008
• King Edward Park, Nottingham – opened by Stuart Broad and his father, ex England cricketer Chris in May 2009
• Bignor Street Playing Fields, Manchester – opened by Graeme Swann and Ravi Bopara in June 2009

Testimonials

"npower has been a fantastic supporter of English cricket from playgrounds right to the top of the sport. I was lucky enough to get along to an Urban Cricket event and saw the real difference an active sponsor in this sport can make. It’s investment like this that makes England’s recent successes possible – long may it continue!"
Monty Panesar, England spin sensation



"As a local lad it's fantastic to see initiatives such as npower Urban Cricket giving youngsters the chance to get out there and play the game. It’s going to make a real difference to the local community and will hopefully produce more first class cricketers from the Birmingham area."
Ian Bell, England and Warwickshire