DISABILITY
Creating opportunities for people with disabilities to take part, develop and enjoy cricket.
MORE INFO
For further information regarding disability cricket, please contact the team using the email address listed below. Our team will be happy to assist with your enquiry and provide any additional information you may need.
SEND SCHOOLS
We deliver inclusive cricket sessions for specialist SEND schools and SEND groups in mainstream schools, helping students build confidence and support their physical, social, and mental wellbeing. We also encourage pupils to join our Super 1s community clubs.
What We Provide
Free weekly coaching blocks for groups of 10–12 students. Two inclusive formats: Table Cricket (indoors) and Softball Cricket (indoors/outdoors).
Table Cricket offers a fully accessible, competitive team game for young people with physical or learning disabilities, helping them develop skills such as teamwork, communication, and leadership.
DISABILITY CHAMPION CLUBS
The ECB’s Disability Cricket Champion Club Programme provides the guidance, training, resources and equipment for local cricket clubs to welcome individuals with additional needs and varying abilities to support them to play, follow, officiate and volunteer.
Disability Cricket Champion Clubs (DCCC) Grant Scheme 2026 - Guidance Notes for Applicants
DISCOVERABILITY DAY
DIScoverABILITY Day has become a key date in the calendar and this year is no exception. Join us at The County Ground for a day packed full of batting, throwing, catching and bowling challenges on the outfield, plus other sporting activities. All sponsored by valued community partners Webtrends Optimize.
The day is open to all SEND school and college groups and the wider SEND network, community and charitable groups from across Sussex.
MIXED DISABILITY
The Sussex Mixed Disability 1st XI and 2nd XI play 40 over, hard ball version of cricket and compete in the ECB National Disabled Cricket League - D40 Quest and Pursuit Leagues. The teams primarily comprise of school and club cricketers who are experienced in playing the structured format of the game.
These teams comprise of players recruited from our community based Super 1s Clubs, giving them an opportunity to play a more structured format of cricket and develop them to potentially progress into our D40 teams. There a two teams, one which plays a 30 over hard ball version of cricket (called D30) and one which plays a soft ball version against other counties at ECB Challenge Festivals as well as local club-friendly fixtures.
For further information please contact
disability@sussexcricketfoundation.org
VISUALLY IMPAIRED
The Sussex Sharks Visually Impaired XI and wider squad has been established for over 20 years and plays in the Blind Cricket England & Wales National League and Cup competitions against other visually impaired county teams from across the country.
We are actively looking to recruit new players for the VI Sharks. If you are interested in plying or volunteering, get in touch.
For further information please contact
disability@sussexcricketfoundation.org
