PIPELINE CRICKET

The Lions Cricket Union manages all Senior Clubs in the region. Lions Cricket Union boasts over 120 teams actively participate in the Sunday Leagues and 70 teams in the Saturday Senior Structure.

The role of Club Cricket is to create a hospitable environment that attracts and retains individuals who want to participate in the game of cricket within a community.

Affiliates and Associates are guided by the following administrative principles when registering a club or ascertaining the health status of their club cricket programme which drives the CSA Presidential Plan objectives for club cricket:

• Minimum administrative compliance when it comes to Constitution; properly constituted committee; minutes of the last AGM held and approved financial statements;
• Number of registered teams as well as feeder systems;
• Ability to provide playing and practice facilities; and
• Suitably qualified coaches who are registered members of the Affiliate or Associate Coaches Association structures.

Blue Flag Club Status:

A “Blue Flag” status is a Cricket South Africa recognition given to Clubs that drive the Objectives and Aims of the Presidential Plan and provides minimum criteria to operating an effective cricket pipeline structure.

The criteria used to ascertain the status of such a club will be based on administrative capabilities, adequate facilities, a minimum number of teams and suitably qualified coaches.

Affiliate or Association registered clubs need to complete a Club Index form to ascertain their status.

A Club Index is an administrative self-evaluation document that serves to guide or be used as a reference in ascertaining the status of a registered club in driving the CSA Presidential Plan club cricket objectives.

A club wishing to ascertain Blue Flag Status must score 90 percent on the Club Index.

National Club Championship:

The National Club Championship aims to provide a higher level of playing exposure to Premier League clubs. The club championships tournament stage is divided into 2 streams of 6 teams per pool as stipulated below:

• National Club Championship stream will encompass the 6 outright winners of the Franchise region play-offs and all respective premier club league winners are eligible to qualify for the play-off stage of the club championship; whilst the
• Multiply Community Club Championship stream will encompass the 6 outright winners of the extended Franchise region playoffs and all respective premier league winners or highest placed community club in the premier league are eligible to qualify for the play-off stage excluding Tertiary Institutions based clubs.
• The Multiply Community Club Championship is strictly for community-based clubs. Club Cricket on a Sunday is played at eleven different levels and we see the Saturday Leagues play up to the seven leagues.
• The ENZA Premier, teams play two competitions i.e. Limited Overs (50 Overs) and the CGL Black Widow T20 r Competition.
• The CGL Premier League , Presidents Leagues and Sunday One to Five league play in the 50 Over Competition. The Sunday leagues have twelve teams playing 11 games in the first half of the season. The leagues then filter down into top 6 bottom 6 and a play off for the winners.
• Sunday Seven & Eight leagues are designed to attract our younger players , under 18 , and 15 . The competition is played in 35 overs.
• Both these leagues have allowance for two seniors players over the age of 18 in the team composition.
• This is a platform that clubs use as a transition from junior cricket to senior cricket. Players are exposed to conditions of playing cricket in a senior environment.
• Lions Cricket Union encourages the natural development of players in a safe environment.
• The Saturday Competition is designed for players who want to present the best but enjoy the social aspect of the game at the same time. Leagues are made up of ten teams 9 games , in the first half of the season. The leagues then filter down into top 5 bottom 5 and a play off for the winners. The Saturday leagues play in the 35 Over Format , starting at noon on a Saturday afternoon.
• Lions Cricket Union is looking at introducing a T20 Knockout competition for the Saturday leagues in the new season

We are proud of the on-going success of our Women’s League, which continues to grow in popularity. The Lions Cricket Union hosts fourteen Women’s cricket clubs across Gauteng.

Affiliate scorers’ Associations oversee the scoring obligations in their regions. Each Associate / Affiliate is required to have a Scorer’s Association, whose operations must be standardised in alignment with CSA Policies (MOI). It includes administration, recruitment, training and appointment of scorers.

The Central Gauteng Lions Scorers Association had another successful season last season and were again appointed as the recipients of the CSA Scorers’ Association of the Year award for 2018/2019, their 14th award in the last 15 years.

A full provincial and international season proved challenging to provide scorers for all matches during the season. The association is continuously running courses during the season and hopes to grow its membership.

Click on the link below to visit the official Umpires or the Scorers website:

https://www.cglcusa.co.za/

Affiliate Umpires’ Associations oversee the umpiring obligations in their regions. Each Associate / Affiliate is required to have an Umpires’ Association, whose operations must be standardised in alignment with CSA Policies (MOI). It includes administration, recruitment, training and appointment of scorers to league cricket. This is the first phase of the Umpire Pipeline.

The association currently has 130 members of which 52 are umpires of colour. Lourens Engelbrecht headed up the training and six training courses were conducted. Transformation remains a focal point for the association.

Click on the link below to visit the official Umpires or the Scorers website:

https://www.cglcusa.co.za/

The South African Deaf Cricket Association is responsible for the development of Deaf and Hearing Impaired cricket through the assistance of our Affiliates and Associates.

Players are encouraged to participate in the mainstream leagues as there is no adaption required (especially where there are not sufficient numbers to form leagues).

To be eligible to play in Deaf Cricket South Africa events you must be able to provide an audiogram that shows you have a hearing loss of 55 decibels or more in your better ear. Because Deaf Cricket is played by both cricketers who have total hearing loss and those with only partial hearing loss, players who normally wear hearing aids need to remove them while playing at Inter-Provincial or International levels.

The South African Deaf Cricket Association conducts an Annual Inter-Provincial tournament for their affiliated members. Selectors / Scouts are appointed to identify talent for the Deaf Cricket South Africa team.

Blind cricket is a version of the sport adapted for blind and partially sighted players. It has been governed by the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996.

Blind Cricket South Africa is responsible for the development of Blind and Visually Impaired cricket through the assistance of our Members.

There are three internationally recognized Blind and Visually Impaired cricket categories that players fall into, known as B1, B2 and B3.

The Learning Disability South African Sports Association for the Intellectually Impaired is responsible for the development of Intellectually Impaired cricket with the assistance of our Members.

Players are encouraged to participate in the mainstream leagues as there is no adaption required (especially where there are not sufficient numbers to form leagues).

For the purposes of eligibility, a Learning Disability is defined as a significant limitation in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour as expressed in conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills. This disability will have originated before the age of 18 years.

(If a player’s primary or only condition is ADHD; autism; dyslexia; behavioral problems or Asperger’s, it will be unlikely that they will fulfil the Learning Disability eligibility requirements.)

Youth cricket comprises of mini-cricket as well as schools cricket.

Mini-Cricket it is a basic form of cricket that consists of fast, scaled-down games with eight children per team and lasts for approximately an hour.

Schools Cricket consists of district and regional leagues, which take place throughout the year; both in and out of season.

 KFC MINI CRICKET 

The major aim of Mini-Cricket is to provide a game of cricket in its simplest form for young children and at the same time to provide enjoyment and to popularise the game of cricket.

SCHOOL CRICKET

The Lions Cricket Union manages circuit, district and regional school cricket leagues take place both during the season and out of season.

School Cricket Players identified at Regional Talent Acceleration Camps then progress to attend the National Talent Camps at U/13, U/16, and U/19 levels.

HUBS

The Hubs’ system caters for schools in disadvantaged areas at a central venue and provides for the coaching and playing of matches. Identified players get more opportunities as well as improved coaching at Regional Performance Centres.

The Hubs provide a link to the CSA High-Performance Pipeline through selection into Provincial Age Group teams and Regional Talent Acceleration Camps.