Berkshire Cricket Foundation

We are now coming to the end of our third and final phase of the Berkshire Women and Girls winter training programme. It has been an exciting and productive winter for all players within the pathway, who have shown great commitment and enthusiasm in improving their skills, game awareness and fitness levels and are now ready and raring to get outside for the 2022 season!

Our U11 and U13/15 Hub structure has become an integral part of the Women and Girls pathway, ensuring that more players than ever before have had access to county coaches and facilities, growing the talent pool and providing increased competition for places at all age groups.

The new Berkshire fully-funded EPP and Academy programmes have also been a great success so far, with Berkshire’s identified high potential players receiving greater contact time, coaching and resources to help them continue progressing through the player pathway. A number of these players have also gained experience of the regional environment, being invited to Southern Vipers training sessions throughout the winter.

We are delighted to launch the Berkshire Women and Girls Fixture Schedule for 2022 – click here. Each age group will play a variety of internal and competitive external fixtures to help players continue to develop and progress along their cricketing journey. The Berkshire Girls U15 and U18 squads will again compete in their respective ECB competitions - the Royal London 40 over County Cup and the Vitality T20 County Cup at both age groups.

We are still looking for venues to host some of these matches – if your club and school is interested in this fantastic opportunity to host county cricket on your ground, please do contact us!

The Berkshire Women’s squad also have a very exciting season ahead, competing in both the ECB’s Vitality T20 County Championship, kicking off on 18th April at Falkland CC, as well as the inaugural South Central Counties Cup launched this week. Berkshire Women will play five 50-over competitive fixtures against other counties within the Southern Vipers region, with selected players gaining recognition opportunities following the completion of the competition. Berkshire’s campaign starts on Monday 30th May against Sussex at Falkland CC. Read more about this new competition here!

https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/southern-vipers-announce-brand-new-south-central-counties-cup/?msclkid=19c2551ca69b11ec97d160ffaa78a367