Junior League Updates for 2025
There have been a number of amendments for the 2025 junior cricket season. All U11, U13 and U15 fixtures will be 16-overs to allow games to finish before it becomes dark. The U13 league will be played on a Monday evening and U15 league on a Tuesday evening to allow the increasing number of females to play in the women's soft ball league on a Monday evening and the junior U15 league on a Tuesday evening. This will also link in with the secondary school cricket fixtures. The junior league fixtures can be found on Play Cricket: iomcacomps.play-cricket.com/Competitions
The regionalised soft ball festivals have returned to a Friday evening and will be played every week rotating between the cricket grounds across the Isle of Man.
The regionalised soft ball festivals have returned to a Friday evening and will be played every week rotating between the cricket grounds across the Isle of Man.
2023 Junior League Fixtures Published
Fixtures have been finalised for the 2023 junior leagues and the full league programme can be found on Play Cricket: iomcacomps.play-cricket.com/Competitions
The junior leagues will see a total of 19 teams play in the U15 league on a Monday evening, U13 league on a Tuesday evening and U11 league on a Friday evening. The U11 season will start as incredi ball pairs with full equipment and the second half of the season will be standard cricket ball rules.
Changes from the 2022 season:
Junior League Rule Change
The junior leagues will see a total of 19 teams play in the U15 league on a Monday evening, U13 league on a Tuesday evening and U11 league on a Friday evening. The U11 season will start as incredi ball pairs with full equipment and the second half of the season will be standard cricket ball rules.
Changes from the 2022 season:
- Retirement has now been introduced in U11, U13 and U15 junior league cricket to allow more people to get the opportunity to participate. This will be U11 - 20 runs, U13 - 25 runs and U15 - 30 runs.
- The regionalised Kwik Cricket festivals will now be played fortnightly on a Sunday afternoon moving from a Friday evening.
- This year will see a new exciting T10 competition played in August as a culmination to the junior league season.
Junior League Rule Change
- Running out backing up (Mankad) was agreed by the junior league committee to not be enforced and players urged not to either back up too far or Mankad. The Isle of Man will enforce the spirit of cricket method throughout all junior league cricket.
Junior Leagues & Days 2022
Junior league proposal for the 2022 season with the introduction of U11 8-a-side pairs cricket to ease the transition from U9 soft ball to U11 cricket ball.
Monday: U15 T20 league
Tuesday: U13 T20 league
Friday: U9 Kwik cricket
Friday: U11 8-a-side pairs & U11 T20 cricket
Monday: U15 T20 league
Tuesday: U13 T20 league
Friday: U9 Kwik cricket
Friday: U11 8-a-side pairs & U11 T20 cricket
2017 Junior Cricket Proposal
To enhance the opportunities and the quality of junior cricket a proposal has been submitted to clubs to modify certain areas of the junior cricket structure.
Recently adopted in Australia and currently in discussion after some successful trials in England these proposals look at pitch, boundary and team sizes to give a more inclusive and positive experience in matches.
The suggestions are listed below.
Recently adopted in Australia and currently in discussion after some successful trials in England these proposals look at pitch, boundary and team sizes to give a more inclusive and positive experience in matches.
The suggestions are listed below.
| junior_playing_regulations_proposal_2017.pdf |
2016 Junior Cricket Updates
After a successful AGM where clubs adopted radical changes to previous rules and registration this has left the door open to a significant amount of activity for our promising juniors in 2016 from 7-17 years old.
See the below document for details of the junior structures and playing conditions on the Isle of Man
See the below document for details of the junior structures and playing conditions on the Isle of Man
| isle_of_man_cricket_junior_leagues_2016.pdf |