Junior Cricket Hard Ball Grade Options
From School Year 5 onwards, players move into the hard ball grades and progressively transition towards the conventional game of cricket. The aim of our hard ball cricket grades is to provide players with a fun, fair & learning game with a connection to International cricket as close as the age group, player abilities & time allow. New players in the hard ball grades are still most welcome to join our friendly club, and we have a couple of alternative options available if your child is not ready for the hardball at Years 5 and 6. Check out our grade teams below.
1. Super 8 (Primary)
Super 8’s is a softer introduction to hard ball cricket. The same rules apply, and all the gear is still required (pads, gloves, helmets etc.), but it uses a softer ball. This option is dependent on numbers.
- Eligibility: School Year 5 and 6
- Teams: 8-a-side, pairs cricket
- Equipment: Full protective gear
- Ball: Junior match Incredi-ball
- Innings: 20 overs per team
- Pitch length: 16 metres
- Game Days: Saturday at 9.00am
- Game Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours
2. School Year 5 Hard Ball
- Eligibility: School Year 5
- Teams: 8-a-side, pairs cricket
- Equipment: Leather ball and full protective gear
- Innings: 20 overs per team
- Pitch length: 16 metres
- Game Days: Saturday at 9.00am
- Game Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours
3. School Year 6 Hard Ball
- Eligibility: School Year 6
- Teams: 8-a-side, pairs cricket until Christmas, then out you’re out after Christmas
- Equipment: Leather ball and full protective gear
- Innings: 20 overs per team
- Pitch length: 16 metres
- Game Days: Saturday at 9.00am
- Game Duration: 2.5-3 hours.
4. School Year 7 Hard Ball
- Eligibility: School Year 7
- Teams: 9-a-side
- Equipment: Leather ball and full protective gear
- Innings: 30 overs per team
- Pitch length: 18 metres
- Game Days: Saturday at 9.00am
- Game Duration: 3 to 4.5 hours
- The top section in this grade will be playing in the afternoons.
5. School Year 8 Hard Ball (until Christmas)
The boys junior competition finishes at Year 8. So players in Year 8 can play a half season in Term 4. If those players then want to carry on playing for the club, it would become a Year 9 team in the youth competition after Christmas.
- Eligibility: School Year 8
- Teams: 9-a-side
- Equipment: Leather ball and full protective gear
- Innings: 30 overs per team
- Pitch length: 18 metres
- Game Days: Saturday at 9.00am
- Game Duration: 3 to 4 hours
- The top section in this grade will be playing in the afternoons.
We also run Year 7 and Year 8 Premier Teams that play on a Saturday afternoon (12.30pm). Check out our Year 7 & 8 Trials page for more information on how to get selected for one of these teams.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
