Affiliation is the formal process by which a club becomes part of the organised cricket community overseen by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which is the national governing body for cricket in England and Wales.

Clubs affiliate by completing an affiliation process and paying a fee to the local Recreational Cricket Board (RCB), in return for which they gain access to a range of benefits only available to affiliated clubs. Affiliating clubs are also asked to confirm their commitment to following certain rules and standards set by the ECB, most of which clubs will already be familiar with.

Players and Clubs are at the heart of our game. We want to make the game easily accessible and enjoyable, whilst ensuring that we communicate effectively and spend less time on administration. Working closely with the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Cambridgeshire Cricket provides a package of benefits aimed at supporting you, your club and everyone associated with it.

Cambridgeshire Cricket are provided funding by the ECB to look after and support the development of clubs within the geographical boundaries of the Cricket Board – i.e. the local authority areas of South Cambridgeshire, Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire, and Fenland. Clubs outside of these boundaries should receive support from their respective County Cricket Board.

We aim to give any club within our boundary support in the drive for growth and participation within the game. However, the demands of a club on the time of Cambridgeshire Cricket employees will be proportionate to the particular operations of that club, particularly in respect of activity for under 18s. Therefore clubs running junior activity should pay a higher affiliation rate.

In order to play organised league cricket at junior or open age cricket in Cambridgeshire, clubs must be affiliated to the County Board. However, affiliation is not simply about registering your team to play. Every club can take advantage of the help and support on offer, to achieve as many of your objectives as possible and to be an active member of our cricketing family.

The affiliation year runs until 30th September 2026

Cambridgeshire Cricket adopts the General Conduct Regulations and will conduct any disciplinary processes utilising the approach outlined in the GCR’s. For clarification the version of the GCR’s used will be the most up to date version at the time. These can be found here, towards the bottom of the page – Rules and regulations – Recreational Cricket

There are 4 levels of Affiliation which clubs can sign up to for 2026

Higher Package – £100.00- Full Benefits Package for Clubs with a Junior section (including National Programmes), regardless of open age activity. All Women’s & Girls’ clubs and exisiting Clubmark accredited clubs should affiliate at this level

Standard Package – £50.00- Clubs or Teams who only have open age sides competing in the CCA or Cambs & Hunts Premier Leagues

Midweek/Friendly Package – £20.00- Clubs or Teams who do not play in the CCA or Cambs & Hunts Premier Leagues, but play friendly or local Cambridgeshire midweek competitions

Associate Package – £20.00 – Clubs from outside the County Board geographical boundaries but playing in organised Cambridgeshire league activity (NB must be primary affiliated to another County Cricket Board)

For further information, please take a look at the Cambridgeshire Cricket Affiliation Brochure for 2025/2026 at the bottom of this page

The Online Form to complete affiliation is available via the last page of the affiliation brochure

The deadline for completing the affiliation process to Cambridgeshire Cricket for 2024-25 is Monday 2nd March 2026

If you have any questions regarding affiliation, please contact clubsupport@cambscricket.org.uk

New for 2026 all clubs will need to confirm they have adopted the  ECB Terms & Conditions of Affiliation available HERE via play-cricket. Clubs that were primary affiliated in 2025 may already have received notification to do this in their play-cricket action centre on Friday 30th January. It only requires 3 clicks for a club to accept the T&Cs. To support clubs, a step-by-step walkthrough will show for clubs when they access the new ‘Affiliation’ tab on Play-Cricket

For any clubs affiliating for the first time in 2026, this step will only be available to you once the online form has been completed and you have been assigned to a county cricket board

DOCUMENT- Cambridgeshire Cricket Affiliation Brochure 2026

DOCUMENT- Cambridgeshire Cricket/ ECB Terms & Conditions of Affiliation 2026

DOCUMENT- ECB Club Guide to Affiliation

DOCUMENT- ECB FREE Insurance Offer and further insurance guide

ECB Club Affiliation Toolkit

Please note: Clubs are still required to complete the League Entry and CCA Affiliation process as they normally would do. This online process only covers clubs affiliation to Cambridgeshire Cricket Board and the England and Wales Cricket Board.