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Harlow cricket club, are the cricket team located in old Harlow, playing in Essex cricket league. After missing out on promotion 2010 they finally got promotion to division 1 with a young team with great potential for years to come. The next season the club stayed up with a more weaker and younger looking side and was captained by Luke Heskett which managed to stay up by 1 point.

Recognisable players

Andy mcgarry - who played for Essex,Suffolk and Bedfordshire. Luke Heskett - who has played age group cricket for Essex Rehman Ahmed- Essex age groups Luke Monger -playing for Northants age groups Northants academy alongside the likes of Ben duckett, Olly stone who are currently contracted cricketers and also playing for England under 19s.

New clubhouse- Harlow Cricket Club has been granted planning permission by Harlow District Council to build their new Clubhouse.

The building was designed by exciting local architect Christopher Snow from New Town Studio. Chris’s son is one of our young Colts and when Chris heard about the project he was very keen to get involved.

The building has been designed to ECB and Sport England specifications and will serve both Marigolds and Spicers Field equally for the benefit of all the Club’s members. It will allow four cricket teams to have their own changing rooms and showers on match days, a new club room and bar all designed in a traditional and imperfect manor to enhance the beautiful setting that is Marigolds, the home of Harlow Cricket for well over 150 years.

Members of the Harlow Planning Committee complemented the design and appearance of the building as well as congratulating the club for its work in the community encouraging local Harlow children to the game of cricket. One Councillor went as far to say the Club and the grounds were a ‘jewel in the crown’ for the town of Harlow.

The new Clubhouse is to be relocated in the south east corner of Marigolds, between the two cricket grounds and the project will provide much needed, safe off street parking within the Club’s ground and will incorporate new native planting areas to replace that lost to allow the building to be built.

President Alan Howick said, “I’m so proud of our Club, the membership is growing fast, from 5 year olds upwards. We have many young home grown cricketers for five team’s every weekend and also the 150 or so Colts that we so much need this new Clubhouse to ensure the next 100 years of cricket in Harlow and more importantly at Marigolds”

Furthermore, the Club has always sought to be an integral and central part of the community but we have an urgent need to bring the club’s facilities into the 21st century. The existing clubhouse is now far too small, the amenities are no longer acceptable and the new building will serve both grounds equally well.”

Harlow has 5 senior teams and a whole youth section alongside an academy squad, the clubs first tracing are dated as far back as 1774, make Harlow cricket club (old Harlow) one of the oldest clubs in the country with the local rivals Harlow town (was stort cricket club) located just down the road located near the football club, rugby club and golf club which was est in the 60's.

Harlow cricket club provide excellent opportunities for the likes of youngsters who have never taken up the game of cricket, producing a rare talent in the club and also providing the first team with a number of players who all have come through the age groups and academy and now all representing the first team which is a great achievement for the club, coaches and the players themselves.

Although having a great youth system structure the club have been fortunate to attract current pros to the club such as Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai and India) Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (Rajasthan Royals), Bhavin Thakkar (Mumbai) and Andy McGarry (Essex).

With the young and experienced team they look to fill there potential and kick on this year along side a new signing, look to get into the premier league.