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FREE ECB Online Scoring Course

13 January 2026
FREE ECB Online Scoring Course

The ECB have introduced a new and FREE ECB Online Scoring Course.

This course is designed to give people new to scoring the knowledge and confidence to have a go at scoring in cricket. No prior experience of scoring is required before attending the course. 

Whether you plan to support junior softball cricket or a hard ball game, this course will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the role of the Scorer 
  • Recognise umpire signals and what they mean for scoring  
  • Gain an understanding of both paper and electronic scoring 
  • Understand how to end the game and identify results correctly 
  • Have an awareness of safeguarding responsibilities whilst scoring

The course is all completed online and can be completed all in one go or broken up into small bitesize amounts that suit your needs and schedule.

To gain your certificate, you must complete all of the online learning. There is no cost for this course and all scorers will be offered free membership to join the Association of Cricket Officials via the online learning platform on completion.

You must be 14 or over to register for this course, if under 18 parental permission must be obtained before you proceed.

To register for this FREE ECB Scoring Course please use the link below. Please be aware that the ECB have noted that there is a 24-48 hour delay between registering for the course and getting access to it

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