Club management · Play-Cricket syncGuides
Running a cricket club, written down.
Practical guides for the volunteers who keep club cricket going: captains, treasurers, secretaries and committees. Written by Rob Harvey, Secretary and Treasurer of Brookweald CC.
Running the club
- How to run a village cricket club
Committee roles, the weekly match-day rhythm and a calendar for the whole year.
- Cricket club AGM: an agenda and how to run it
A six-week timeline, an agenda template and how to keep it under an hour.
- Club apps that work with Play-Cricket
Which club apps actually sync from Play-Cricket, and what each one does with it.
- Cricket club pre-season checklist
A month-by-month list from January to the first ball, with an owner for every job.
- Cricket club WhatsApp groups: communication without the noise
What belongs in the group chat, what doesn’t, and how to stop members muting the club.
Captains and selection
- Cricket captain duties: the weekly checklist
The off-field half of captaincy, from Monday’s availability to Sunday’s scorecard.
- Cricket club selection policy
What to include, how three real clubs write theirs, and a template to adapt.
- Cricket availability: WhatsApp polls vs apps
Where polls break down for a multi-team club, and how to get more players replying.
Club money
- Cricket club subs and match fees
What seven UK clubs charge, how to cost your own, and a real club’s collection figures.
- The treasurer’s guide to collecting match fees
Cash, transfer or card, a weekly routine that ends the chasing, and clearing arrears.
- Cricket club fundraising ideas
Ideas ranked by effort and return, and the raffle and 100 club rules clubs get wrong.
Players and the leaderboard
- Cricket MVP points system
A formula to copy, how many runs a wicket should be worth, and two seasons of real data.
- Cricket club end-of-season awards
Fifteen award categories and a fair way to pick Player of the Season.
- How to recruit cricket players, and keep them
Where new players come from, a welcome that works, and keeping everyone engaged.
- Running a junior cricket section
Roles, safeguarding, parents, junior fees and the step into adult cricket.
Everything in these guides, run from one app. The MVP leaderboard is free forever.