Marist Harewood Cricket Club I Christchurch I Junior Club

JUNIOR CRICKET

Welcome to Marist Harewood Junior Cricket. We have a proud tradition of being a family friendly club which encourages our young cricketers to enjoy the game and have fun whilst also accommodating the more competitive players. We cater for children aged from just starting school right through to intermediate age.

Many of our young stars go on to play in the Christchurch Junior Cricket Association tournaments (which start at Year 6) and ultimately representative sides.

Whether your child wants to play cricket just for fun or more competitively, we would love to have them join the Marist Harewood family.

Each season we have approximately 18-20 junior teams competing on a Saturday. Below is a quick summary for each grade for the 2023/24 season.

We also have an introduction to cricket for 4 and 5 year olds on a Friday evening (see below - Smash Play)

For a full explanation of the new rules please refer to the CJCA rules tab below

SEASON STARTS
Saturday 14th October 2023

Smash Play Cricket

is held on a Friday night at the Redwood Park MHCC clubrooms from 5.30 pm-6.30 pm starting 27th October 2023. The aim of SMASH PLAY is to get 4-6yo children involved in Cricket or Sport in general and to build a new generation of cricketers by helping children discover, explore, and learn to love the game and sport in general. For the Adults accompanying the kids – The bar in the clubrooms is open and we have ordered the sun! The perfect way to finish off the week.

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Kiwi Cricket (Year 1 & 2)

Games start at 9:30am and should finish by 11:00am at the latest on a Saturday morning though some games may be on a Friday night at 5:30pm. Teams of 6 play on a 12m pitch using plastic Kiwi equipment and yellow plastic ball. One innings of 12 overs for each team ensure each batting pair face 4 overs (12 balls each) and each child bowls 2 overs. If a player is out (caught, bowled or run out) they keep batting but the fielding team get a bonus 3 runs for each wicket taken. If a no ball or wide is bowled the batter gets to hit a ball off a tee as a free hit.

16:16 Softball (Year 3 & 4)

Games start at 9:00am and should finish by 11:00am at the latest on a Saturday morning though some games may be on a Friday night at 5:30pm. Teams of 8 play on a 14m pitch using wooden bats and wickets and a red 86gm Incrediball. One innings of 16 overs for each team ensure each batting pair face 4 overs (12 balls each) and each child bowls 2 overs. If a player is out (caught, bowled or run out) they keep batting but the fielding teams get a bonus 3 runs. If a no ball or wide is bowled the batter gets to hit a ball off a tee as a free hit.

Year 5 Hardball

Games start at 9:00am and should finish by 11:30am at the latest. Teams of 8 play on a 16m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory). One innings of 20 overs for each team, batters bat in pairs of 5 overs each (15 balls each). If a player is out (caught, bowled or run out) they keep batting but the fielding teams get a bonus 3 runs. Each bowler bowls at least 2 overs each. If a no ball or wide is bowled the batter gets to hit a ball off a tee as a free hit. The softball grade uses a 142gm ‘plastic’ Incrediball which is the same weight but softer than a leather cricket ball. The hardball grade uses 142gm leather cricket balls.

Year 6 Hardball

Games start at 9:00am and should finish by 11:30am at the latest. Teams of 8 play on a 16m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory). One innings of 20 overs for each team, batters bat in pairs of 5 overs each (15 balls each). If a player is out (caught, bowled or run out) they keep batting but the fielding teams get a bonus 3 runs. Each bowler bowls at least 2 overs each. The softball grade uses a 142gm ‘plastic’ Incrediball which is the same weight but softer than a leather cricket ball. The hardball grade uses 142gm leather cricket balls.

Year 7 Hardball

Games start at 9:00am and should finish by 12:30pm at the latest. Teams of 9 play on an 18m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory) and a red 142gm leather cricket ball. One innings of 30 overs for each team. Batters who are dismissed within the first 6 balls they face in their innings will not be fully out instead they shall remain “IN” and the bowling side shall receive a bonus 3 runs to be added to their batting score.

Year 7 Hardball Premier

Games start at 12:30pm and should finish by 4:00pm at the latest. Teams of 9 play on an 18m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory) and a red 142gm leather cricket ball. One innings of 30 overs for each team. Batters who are dismissed within the first 6 balls they face in their innings will not be fully out instead they shall remain “IN” and the bowling side shall receive a bonus 3 runs to be added to their batting score.

Year 8 Hardball

Games start at 9:00am and should finish by 12:30pm at the latest. Teams of 9 play on an 18m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory) and a red 142gm leather cricket ball. One innings of 30 overs for each team. Batters who are dismissed within the first 6 balls they face in their innings will not be fully out instead they shall remain “IN” and the bowling side shall receive a bonus 3 runs to be added to their batting score.

Year 8 Hardball Premier

Games start at 12:30pm and should finish by 4:00pm at the latest. Teams of 9 play on an 18m pitch using full cricket gear including pads, a box and helmet (compulsory) and a red 142gm leather cricket ball. One innings of 30 overs for each team. Batters who are dismissed within the first 6 balls they face in their innings will not be fully out instead they shall remain “IN” and the bowling side shall receive a bonus 3 runs to be added to their batting score.

JUNIOR CRICKET SEASON 2023/24

Please see below all you need to know about our Junior Season

IMPORTANT DATES

Saturday 14th October – First Game (Week 1).
Saturday 21st October – Labour Weekend (Yes, Saturday Cricket is on)
Friday 27th October – SMASH PLAY Starts 5:30pm-6:30pm
Saturday 18th November - SHOW WEEKEND NO CJCA games
Wednesday 6th December from 4pm - 📸 Team Photos 📸 - Redwood Park
Saturday 9th December – Last game before Christmas Holidays and CLUB DAY (Week 8)
Saturday 3rd February – First game back after the summer break.
Friday 15th March - Final SMASH PLAY session
Saturday 16th March – Last game for the season (Week 15)
Sunday 17th March – Prizegiving 12pm onwards

CANCELLATIONS:

All Cancellations will be posted on our Facebook Page (for both Saturday Cricket and Friday Night Smash Play
Cancellations will be made by 7:30am Saturdays or 4:30pm Fridays (Smash Play)

UNIFORM and GEAR:

Year 1 to Year 4 School Ages - Green Polo (from Cricket Express) and white shorts. Year 3 and 4 should wear cricket gloves when batting.
Year 5 to Year 8 School Ages - Green Polo (from Cricket Express) and white pants. All batters MUST wear a cricket helmet, Pads and gloves (+preferably and box and thigh pad)
All gear can be purchased at Cricket Express Mandeville Street, Riccarton.

Weekly Trainings for Saturday teams