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ECB Cricket Factory came top of many local school children’s list of things to see at this year’s Westmorland Show with many of the children remembering and returning to the rig from 2 year’s ago. It was great to see the young people again and help them try and improve their scores as they learned and practised cricket’s core skills on the rig.  […]

We had a fantastic event at Michael Vaughan’s Twenty20 England Allstars cricket legends match in Sheffield. The beautiful weather coupled with the action on and around the cricket pitch made for an amazing family day out and there were plenty of families taking advantage of the last gasp of the summer holidays.

With a enthusiastic crowd to watch the match, there was also an ECB kids Kwik Cricket tournament taking place earlier in the day. We had great fun coaching the future cricketing stars around the ECB Cricket Factory rig as well as through some of the challenges using the ECB Cricket Skill Sets. […]

The Clydesbank 40 event in Taunton with Surrey playing against Somerset proved that yet again the Summer of 2012 will be on record as a rather damp one.

With only 4 overs played before rain stopped play for the day, the whole event was pretty challenging for all involved. With a number of other group games on the day ending in a no result due to the weather, it really was a victory for the great British rain over cricket.

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For the second Sunday in a row we set up the rig in glorious sunshine, maybe the summer is finally here! We weren’t in our usual Headingley spot for this event though, we were placed behind the big screen, closer to all the other Children’s Day action.

As the gates opened, one of the first participants through the doors of the rig was Celebrity Chef Brian Turner CBE shortly followed by the Lord Mayor of Leeds Ann Castle, who threw a very respectable 32mph on the Speed Throw! […]

With the Rig set up in the corner of the Sports Zone and the sun shining for the first time in weeks we couldn’t not have a great event.

This is the ECB Cricket Factory’s fourth visit to the Show and it was great to […]