Cornwall Cricket Club - Boys U10

Cornwall Cricket Club has one of the best run junior boys cricket programmes in the country. Whether you're a parent on the boundary or a child playing the game, it doesn't get better than a cricket game or practise at the scenic Cornwall Park!

At Cornwall, we strongly believe in being a club for the whole family. As such, we encourage parents and caregivers to involve themselves in their child's cricket at whatever level they can. If you would like to be involved as a volunteer please don't hesitate in letting our convenors know!

The Junior Boys Grades include all boys in School Years 5 - 8. By Year 6 all players playing an Auckland Cricket Association competition should be playing in their school year.

Every team is supplied with their own cricket gear bag at the start of the season. This includes balls, bats, batting pads, batting gloves, thigh pad, wicket keeping pads, wicket keeping gloves, and one set of wooden stumps. All of the equipment provided in the gear bag can be shared between players.

Helmets and protective box are not included in the gear bag.

Each player must supply their own box and helmet. These items are not be shared between players due to personal hygiene and health and safety.

All batsmen must wear the following items of cricket safety equipment when batting:

Leg pads
Batting gloves
A box
Helmet

A thigh pad is recommended but not compulsory.

All wicket keepers must wear the following when keeping:

Leg pads
Wicket keeping gloves
A box
Helmet

The Under 10 Grade (Year 5) is the first year that players use a hard cricket ball and we offer a confidence course and skills session to help them get adjusted. These will be run during the School Holidays at the end of Term 3. If you miss this all Year 5 registrants will be contacted via email in early September and will be invited to enrol separately for one of the Introduction to Hard Ball courses.

The course does have a fee to cover the coaching staff and venue hire. Please note that these courses are not at all compulsory, but are a great way for players to get familiar with a hard ball and to start the season with confidence. The pre-booking of this coaching will enable Cornwall Cricket to manage the demand and logistics.

All scoring should be done using Auckland Cricket's new live scoring and management system, PlayHQ.
This scoring platform replaces CricHQ that was previously used by Auckland Cricket.
The results of all games must be entered in PlayHQ by 5pm on the Monday after the weekend of play.

Further information and resources can be found on the Auckland Cricket website here

Backup Paper Score Sheets

Given PlayHQ is new and still being tested in live scoring environments in New Zealand, we recommend taking paper score sheets to your games as a contingency.
You can download a score sheet for printing by clicking on the link below:

Overview

The league is called the Cricket Express Boys T20 Smash
U10's play their games against teams from other clubs across Auckland, as well as other Cornwall teams.
All teams play on Saturday morning starting at 0930am, held at different grounds across Auckland.

Playing Conditions

Full details of the 2024-25 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here

JTS Sparling Series

The JTS Sparling Super Series competition starts at the end of November and trials will be held before this starts.
Further details on trial dates and registration will be provided by the U10 Grade Convenor.

Refer to the JTS website for further information: www.jtssuperseries.co.nz

Overview

The league is called the Cricket Express Boys T20 Smash.
U11's play their games against teams from other clubs across Auckland, as well as other Cornwall teams.
All teams play on Saturday morning starting at 0930am, held at different grounds across Auckland.

Playing Conditions

Full details of the 2022-23 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here

JTS Sparling Series

The JTS Sparling Super Series competition starts at the end of November and trials will be held before this starts.
The games are played across six Sundays between November 2022 and March 2023.
Further details on trial dates and registration will be provided by the U11 Grade Convenor.
Refer to the JTS website for further information: www.jtssuperseries.co.nz

Overview

There are two leagues in the U12 competition:

The leagues are called the Cricket Express Boys T20 Smash, and the Cricket Express Boys LO30 (Limited Overs):

U12 T20 Smash: Played on Saturday morning, starting at 9.30 am.
U12 LO30: Played on Saturday afternoons, starting at 12.30 pm.

Trials will be held for the LO30 over teams, due to the limited number of teams we are able to enter into the Auckland competition. Those that do not make a LO30 over team will be allocated into a T20 Smash Saturday morning team.

The U12 grade play their games against teams from other clubs across Auckland, as well as other Cornwall teams.
Games are scheduled at different grounds across Auckland.

Playing Conditions

T20 Smash: Full details of the 2022-23 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here
LO30: Full details of the 2022-23 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here

JTS Sparling Series

The JTS Sparling Super Series competition starts at the end of November and trials will be held before this starts.
The games are played across six Sundays between November 2022 and March 2023.
All players from both the 20 and 30 over teams are able to trial. Further details on trial dates and registration will be provided by the U12 Grade Convenor.
Refer to the JTS website for further information: www.jtssuperseries.co.nz

Overview

The U13 is a half season (Pre-Christmas only), as boys will begin to play for their High School Post-Christmas.

Cornwall provides a Year 8 Pre-Christmas Only Subscription.

The leagues are called the Cricket Express Boys T20 Smash, and the Cricket Express Boys LO30 (Limited Overs):

Pre-Christmas, the league is as follows:

U13 T20 Smash: Played on Saturday morning, starting at 9.30 am. 
U13 LO30: Played on Saturday afternoons, starting at 12.30 pm.

Trials will be held for the LO30 over teams, due to the limited number of teams we are able to enter into the Auckland competition. Those that do not make a LO30 over team will be allocated into a T20 Smash Saturday morning team.

The U13 grade play their games against teams from other clubs across Auckland, as well as other Cornwall teams. Games are scheduled at different grounds across Auckland.

Playing Conditions

T20 Smash: Full details of the 2024-25 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here
LO30: Full details of the 2024-25 Junior Playing Conditions for this grade can be found here

Summer Series

The Summer Series competition is a step up from the regular Saturday club competitions, providing an additional playing opportunity that has a more developmental focus.
The competition starts at the end of November and trials will be held before this starts.
The games are played across six Sundays between November 2024 and March 2025.
Further details on trial dates and registration will be provided by the U13 Grade Convenor.
Summer Series Playing Conditions can be found here

JUNIOR BOYS U10-U13 (School Years 5-8)

How do I register?

What are the registration fees?

What are the season dates?

Cancellations

Is there training, and where?

What uniform do players wear?

Where do I purchase the uniform?

What protective cricket gear do I need?

Where can I purchase cricket gear?

What cricket ball is used?

Introduction to hard ball cricket (U10 Grade)

PlayHQ electronic scoring

When are teams named?

How are teams selected?

Under 10 Grade (School Year 5)

Under 11 Grade (School Year 6)

Under 12 Grade (School Year 7)

Under 13 Grade (School Year 8)

Where are games played?

Summer sports field location maps

Codes of conduct

Contact information