Ellerslie Cricket Club "Spirit of Cricket" Expectations:

Ellerslie Cricket Club expects all Players, Captains, Coaches, Managers, and Supporters at all levels within our club to uphold the following values:

  1. Fun is the objective;
  2. Batsmen walk if caught;
  3. Fielders are quiet when batsmen are facing;
  4. Teams are prepared to play on time;
  5. Fielding teams maintain a fast over rate;
  6. No send-offs or abuse;
  7. Accept Umpires and Player/Umpires decisions;
  8. Complaints are voiced only through the captain and coach in an appropriate and respectful manner;
  9. Thank Umpires and opponents after the game.
  10. Report anyone who doesn’t uphold these values immediately and appropriately.


Codes of Conduct

All members of the Ellerslie Cricket Club will recognise and will play within both the Laws and the Spirit of Cricket. Ellerslie Cricket Club members are required to abide with the Code of Conduct as laid down by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and the Auckland Cricket Association (ACA). 

Ellerslie Cricket Club members are bound by this Code of Conduct and shall not engage in disorderly or unacceptable conduct or behaviour. Disorderly or improper conduct or behaviour includes, but is not restricted to:

  • Assaulting or threatening to assault, intimidating, or abusing, an umpire, player or spectator;
  • Using racist, sexist, demeaning, disparaging or threatening language to an umpire, player or spectator;
  • Using offensive, insulting or abusive language, or hand signals or other gestures to an umpire, player or spectator;
  • Showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action;
  • Appealing excessively or advancing towards an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing;
  • Making inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with another player;
  • Throwing the ball at a player, umpire or another person in an inappropriate and dangerous manner;
  • Engaging in any form of conduct or behaviour detrimental to the Spirit of Cricket or likely to bring the game or the Ellerslie Cricket Club into disrepute.

All Ellerslie Cricket Club team captains and/or coaches are responsible for requiring players in their teams to conduct themselves within the Spirit of Cricket, the Laws of Cricket and the Ellerslie Cricket Club Code of Conduct at all times and must be proactive in diffusing any potential breaches. All Ellerslie Cricket Club members are required to respect and care for Club and Council facilities, including leaving every ground in the same or better condition as they found it i.e. picking up all litter. All Ellerslie Cricket Club members are responsible for welcoming and hosting in the clubrooms, all visiting clubs and/or players, match officials, Ellerslie Cricket Club Life Members and Ellerslie Cricket Club sponsors. All Ellerslie Cricket Club members and their guests are required to abide by the Club’s Sale and Consumption of Alcohol Policy. Ellerslie Cricket Club members are further required to abide by expectations, requirements and rules as detailed in supplementary NZC and ACA codes, guides, handbooks and publications e.g., Parents’ and Coaches’ Code, Tournament Regulations and Playing Conditions, Disciplinary Procedures.