Cricket is a
piece of home.
A free after-school and summer cricket program for refugee, immigrant and local youth in Spokane, ages 9 and up.
Practice is at Underhill Park in East Central, 2910 E Hartson Ave, Spokane’s only public cricket pitch. No experience needed. All backgrounds welcome.
If you want to play, come and find us. You do not need gear, experience, or money.
Our schedule changes with the seasons and the weather, and we are looking for indoor space for the winter. Email info@spokanecricketacademy.org for current practice times. We reply within two days.
If you want to play, come and find us. You do not need gear, experience, or money.
Our schedule changes with the seasons and the weather, and we are looking for indoor space for the winter. Email info@spokanecricketacademy.org for current practice times. We reply within two days.
A session at Underhill Park. The player in the middle is bowling, cricket’s version of pitching.
Youth across the world are wild about cricket.
When they move to Spokane, they bring that passion with them.
Eighteen young people train with us three days a week, from mid-January to the end of October, and two adults are at every session. More are waiting to join than we can take with the coaching hours we have. The pitch is shared with Spokane Cricket Club and with anyone who walks on to play.
Five of our players play for adult clubs in the Northwest Cricket League, one finished this season fifth out of two hundred and eighty-five bowlers in Division B for wickets taken, and the older ones now help coach the younger alongside the adults.
Some have played since they could walk. Others had never held a bat before they came to Underhill. They arrive from different countries and different homes, and end up on the same side.
These kids are making Spokane home. And a better home for everyone here.
Girls and boys of every background and skill level are welcome, and every player plays free.
Our players come from Shadle Park, Rogers, North Central, Bemiss and Spokane Community College, from English classes, and from work.
Five of our players play for adult clubs in the Northwest Cricket League, one finished this season fifth out of two hundred and eighty-five bowlers in Division B for wickets taken, and the older ones now help coach the younger alongside the adults.
Some have played since they could walk. Others had never held a bat before they came to Underhill. They arrive from different countries and different homes, and end up on the same side.
These kids are making Spokane home. And a better home for everyone here.
Girls and boys of every background and skill level are welcome, and every player plays free.
Our players come from Shadle Park, Rogers, North Central, Bemiss and Spokane Community College, from English classes, and from work.
