Quaid e Azam Premier and Dewsbury and District Cricket League : Player Survey (28th – 30th November 2021) – Results are in

Quaid e Azam Premier Cricket League – 123 responses
Dewsbury and District Cricket League – 22 responses

Thank you to all the club secretaries and committee members for promoting the player survey amongst their team/clubs members. In just over 2 days the survey page was visited 543 times, so we got the message out to our cricketing community which created interest to participate.

Of the 543 that visited the page 145 players completed the survey and on behalf of the league we wish to thank you for taking the time to complete the survey which has provided very useful and interesting results which are shared below. The league will use the data to create a clear strategic pathway to move cricket forward and work with local and national partners to strive towards achieving the outcomes.

Headline Data

Only 1 in 4 (25%) represent players under the age of 30

64% who play in the league are attracted by its high standard of cricket

Nearly 7 out of 10 (68%) of players play very regularly

Over 2 out of 5 (43%) players prefer playing Sunday cricket

1 in every 11 (9%) players would stop playing cricket if the league didn’t provide the opportunity to play on Sundays.

1 in 4 (26%) players do not play Saturday league cricket

Nearly 9 out of 10 ( 87%) players agreed clubs/teams need support to access better standard of grounds and facilities

Nearly 7 out of 10 (68%) players agreed clubs/teams needed access to funding, training and support to developed teams transform to clubs