The Mission

The purpose of the group is to engage KAUST Community with Cricket and organize the following activities:

• Introduce the game of Cricket.
  
• Teach Cricket to interested community members.
• Arrange Cricket matches, tournaments, and Cricket Social Nights at KAUST.
• Organize Kids Cricket Academy

Annual Membership

Membership is open to the residents in the KAUST community and to the KAUST employees who do not reside in the KAUST community. The minimum age for membership is 17 years.

The annual membership fee for this club is only 150 SAR /person. All paid members will be allowed to participate for free in any of the Cricket Club-organized events and social events for one complete year (starting from September 1 current year to August 31 next year). Non-members can also participate in club-organized events by paying a fee of 50 SAR/player per event.

KAUST Cricket Club will organize an annual three months academy to introduce cricket among students of the KAUST School. This annual academy will attract kids between the age of 6 to 16 years old. Trainees will receive a weekly cricket session from the designated community cricket coaches and club members. The kids will be provided the overall understanding of the cricket game and basic training to improve their fielding, batting and balling skills. This complementary academy will be open for the whole KAUST community and it will be free of charge.
The kids & beginners session will take place every Wednesday between 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. at Astro-2 (near Racquet club)

For enrolling your children into Kids Cricket Academy, please contact: kcc.kaustcricketclub@gmail.com

Content for the Responsibilities

President and Vice-president will primarily run all the operations of this club. This includes preparing the group activities, organizing cricket tournament, representing the group within KAUST, arranging Cricket workshops and working with Community Life to find solutions to improve the Cricket Pitch of KAUST. They must also nominate the “working committee” of the Cricket Club. This working committee contains a minimum of four members of the KAUST Community.

Treasurer will handle the financial aspect of the Club which includes all the membership fees and donations. He will also be responsible to process reimbursements needed to fulfill the needs of the club. That being said, prior to any expense, approval from Treasurer is required. Treasurer has the final decision on accepting or rejecting any expense request.

Web-Manager updates the website content necessary for promoting the club’s events in all the digital channels.

Protocol-Manager takes care of the health and safety aspects of the club.