Hertfordshire Association of Cricket Officials

The ECB have issued new safety guidelines which are in force from the 2025 season onwards. These Recreational Cricket Safety Guidelines (“Guidelines”) have been developed by the ECB’s Science & Medicine and Recreational Game departments in order to enhance the safety of everyone involved in Recreational Cricket in England and Wales. They accompany, and should be read alongside, the ECB’s Recreational Cricket Safety Regulations. These Guidelines apply to all cricket activity within a Club, including training activities, matches and net practices for players participating in Junior Cricket and/or Open Age Cricket. Although the principles and statements contained in these Guidelines are recommendations only, the ECB would strongly encourage all participants to observe them. Defined terms used throughout this document have the same meaning as is given to those terms in the Recreational Cricket Safety Regulations.