Opening Up Cricket
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Opening Up Cricket
@openingupcricket.bsky.social
Mental Wellbeing & Suicide Prevention Through Cricket 🏏 Sessions For Players, Clubs & Coaches 🎙 Podcasts & Online Resources
Alex died on this day in 2012.

His suicide still prompts thoughts. From how it might have been prevented to little things like what we’d talk about if he was here with me now having a coffee.

Look out for your mates ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thanks to University of York Women’s CC for their time tonight 🧠🏏
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join us for a thirty minute online session on Tuesday at 7:30pm introduce you to techniques that helps both performance & wellbeing

Sign up here form.jotform.com/243572897495072
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Join us for a thirty minute session on Tuesday to introduce you to techniques that helps both performance & wellbeing

Sign up here form.jotform.com/243572897495072
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thank you to University of Liverpool CC for their time tonight 🧠 🏏
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks to Lancaster University CC for having us along tonight 🧠🏏
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Good to be out and about again, seeing University of Birmingham CC 🧠 🏏
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🤝 Opening Up Cricket Club Reps 🤝

In your club 👇

📌 Display posters/flyers
💻 Encourage members to complete Zero Suicide Alliance training
🧠 Create your plan to promote mental wellbeing in your setting

Register your interest here form.jotform.com/252382498040054
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Good to join Cheadle Hulme Ladybridge CC tonight to chat about a range of things related to mental fitness, wellbeing and our great sport 🧠 🏏
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It was a pleasure to chat with the folks at Leeds & Broomfield CC tonight 🧠 🏏
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We always have a lovely day when our fixture vs England’s Barmy Army comes 🏏

Thanks to Hunningham CC for hosting 🤝
August 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Dropped in to have a chat with the @_mccfoundation North West Regional Springboard groups today 🧠 🏏
August 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looking forward to playing our friends England’s Barmy Army this Sunday @ Hunningham CC

This will be the fourth time we’ve faced each other 🏏

📷 2021
August 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Alex Miller Cup POTT 🏆

2014- Khalid Wahbi
2015- Adam Moscrop (📷 👇)
2016- Peter Kelly
2017- Liam Naylor
2018- ☔️
2019- Craig Black
2020- Greg Harvey
2021- Macauley Lawrenson
2022- Pruthvi Krishnamurthy
2023- ☔️
2024- Harry Deveney

2025 @ Sefton Park CC on 24th August
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The twelfth Alex Miller Cup is @ Sefton Park CC on 24th August

In the previous eleven, there has been the following winners

Sefton Park 🏆 🏆 🏆
Huyton 🏆🏆
Birkenhead Park 🏆
Maghull 🏆
Opening Up 🏆
The Outlaws 🏆
(Rained off ☔️ ☔️)

justgiving.com/seftonparkcc
Sefton Park's page
Help Sefton Park CC raise money to support CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
justgiving.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Glad to be with the folks @ Horsmonden CC tonight to talk about positive mental health in cricket 🧠 🏏
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Glad to be supporting the WIOC T10 Tape Ball World Cup being played at Liverpool College over the next couple of weeks 🌍 🏏

The opening games last night were very entertaining with a great atmosphere around the ground 😎
🤝
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🏏 This July we are encouraging our cricket community to take the free, online 20 minute training from Zero Suicide Alliance

🤝 When you’ve completed it post your certificate on here so we can share with more

🔗 zerosuicidealliance.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thanks to St Chad’s Broomfield CC for inviting us down last night ☀️ 🧠 🏏
July 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Enjoyed chatting with Cricket Wales Disability players tonight about self talk 🗣️ 🧠 🏏
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Enjoyed chatting with Cricket Wales Disability players tonight about self talk 🗣️ 🧠 🏏
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you’d like to promote positive mental health at your club, join us on Thursday 💻

Sign up for free here us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We’ve got a session on Thursday that shares ideas on how to put together a plan to promote positive mental health at your club 🧠 🏏

Anything from a few bullet points to a detailed document ✍️

Sign up here us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM