Hampshire Cricket Board

Hampshire Cricket Board

Sport	Cricket
Abbreviation	HCB
Founded	1996
Location	Rose Bowl, Southampton
Chairman	Jeff Levick
Secretary	Colin Savage
Official website
www.rosebowlplc.com/pages/community/

The Hampshire Cricket Board (HCB) was formed in 1996 and is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Hampshire. Following a restructuring in January 2010, the HCB now operates as a limited company.^[1]

History and role

Graeme Smith played a List A match for the HCB in 2000 against Huntingdonshire, he would later play for and captain South Africa

The Board's aim is to nurture the game of cricket at a recreational level, increase the levels of participation in cricket, identify and nurture future county players, and provide players with the opportunities to advance to the highest level of the game.^[1]

Three years after the HCB was formed, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reformed the NatWest Trophy by allowing all twenty Minor counties and the cricket boards of all first-class English counties. These matches held List A status, with the HCB defeating Suffolk in its first match in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.^[2] The HCB played eight List A matches before the ECB reduced the competitions size, which resulted in the cricket boards being excluded from future competitions.^[3] It won three of its eight matches. The HCB employed the services of future international players Graeme Smith and Chris Tremlett, and played its home matches at the County Ground, Southampton, Grasmere Road, Cove, the Rose Bowl, and The Quarters, Hursley Park.^[3] The Board was also permitted to take part in the Minor counties one-day competition between 1998 and 2002.^[4]

As part of its role to develop the game in Hampshire the HCB offers a number of ECB accredited courses involving coaching, physical training, umpiring and scoring.^[5] Qualified coaches are then able to join the HCB Coaches Association and ECB Coaches Association, with both associations helping coaching communication and individual practical development. The HCB Association is run by a management committee which consists of officials from local cricket clubs which are affiliated with the HCB.^[6]

Structure

Prior to 2010 the HCB was run using an Executive Committee which had a number of sub committees linked to it, which included the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee and Officiating (Umpires and Scorers) Committee. At the HCB Annual General Meeting in January 2010, it was decided that it would become a limited company, in doing so becoming the Hampshire Cricket Board Ltd..^[1] This required the structure of the HCB to be changed to accommodate this change. The Executive Committee was replaced with a board of directors. This currently comprises:^[1]

The board of directors oversees the four-year development strategy which covers the period from 2007–2011, as well as delivering an improvement action plan each year which has agreed aims with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Successful implementation of the improvement action plan and reaching quantitative targets, secures funding from the ECB.^[1] In its new form the sub committees have been restructured. These are the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee, HCB Coaches Association and Hampshire Association of Cricket Officials.^[1]

List A players

See List of Hampshire Cricket Board List A players and Category:Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers

List A playing record

Grounds

Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Hampshire Cricket Board representative side when it was permitted to play List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		List A			MCCA Trophy
Ripsley Park	Liphook	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	24 May 1998 v Kent Cricket Board	9 July 2000 v Berkshire	7000200000000000000♠2	[8][9]
Burridge Sports Ground	Burridge	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	7 June 1998 v Buckinghamshire	18 June 2000 v Dorset	7000300000000000000♠3	[10][11]
Grasmere Road	Cove	only match: 2 May 2000 v Huntingdonshire		7000100000000000000♠1	only match: 13 June 1999 v Sussex Cricket Board		7000100000000000000♠1	[12][13][14]
County Ground	Southampton	only match: 23 June 1999 v Glamorgan		7000100000000000000♠1	only match: 20 June 1999 v Berkshire		7000100000000000000♠1	[15][16][17]
The Quarters, Hursley Park	Hursley	29 August 2002 v Wiltshire	12 September 2002 v Staffordshire	7000200000000000000♠2	only match: 20 May 2001 v Sussex Cricket Board		7000100000000000000♠1	[18][19][20]
Rose Bowl (Nursery Ground)	West End	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	17 June 2001 v Dorset	19 May 2002 v Channel Islands	7000200000000000000♠2	[21][22]
Rose Bowl	West End	only match: 13 September 2001 v Ireland		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[23][24]
Havant Park	Havant	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 16 June 2002 v Surrey Cricket Board		7000100000000000000♠1	[25][26]

References

External links

• Hampshire Cricket Board