All private lessons are done by our qualified coaches and will allow your child personal 1 on 1 attention. Times are flexible, once the application form, Indemnity and proof of payment has been received a suitable time slot will be arranged. Midstream players have the option of using their LO/ PE period during school for the lesson. All lessons are 45 minutes and take place at Midstream College Primary School and Midstream Ridge Primary School.

FEATURES: Batting, Bowling, Fielding and Wicket Keeping Drills and Skills.

• Error correction
• Planning (match situations)
• Strategy
• Visual and focus exercises
• Injury prevention (Bio mechanics)
• Cricket awareness

This is the foundation phase and where it all starts.
We offer group lessons for Grade RR, Grade R, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Max 8 players per coach.

Tuesdays at Midstream College Primary
14:30 to 15:30.00 Grade RR, Grade R and Grade 1 (Term 1 and Term 2)
15:30 to 16:30 Grade 2 (Term 2)

Wednesdays at Midstream Ridge Primary
16:00 to 17:00 Grade 3 (Term 1 and Term 2)

Thursdays at Midstream Ridge Primary
14:00 to 15:00 Grade RR, Grade R (Term 1 & 2)
15:00 to 16:00 Grade 1 and Grade 2 (Term 1 & 2)

FEATURES: Batting, Bowling, Fielding, and Wicket Keeping

Introduction to the following:

• Laws, By Laws Captaincy and Etiquette
• Running between wickets
• Agility, Balance, Coordination, Speed
• All-round technique improvement

SATURDAY’S MATCHES

Times are based upon fixtures received. Teams are entered into Bevcric league and play at Midstream College Primary School and Midstream Ridge Primary School during term 3 & 4.

Due to an overwhelming number of young girls wanting to play cricket Nico Martin Cricket Academy in partnership with Midstream Ridge Primary and CBCOB Cricket Club have decided to include girls in their cricket pathway.

We are planning to set up a full-time girl’s cricket academy catering for girls from grade 1 to grade 12.

We are offering private and group sessions with the aim of filtering these young players into practice matches and ultimately playing Club Cricket under the auspices of CBCOB Cricket Club.

We offer group lessons Max 6 players per coach on

Fridays at Midstream Ridge Primary

For further information please call Nico Martin at 082 978 2786 or email account@nicomartincricket.co.za.

Approximately 65 years ago the Christian Brothers College Old Boys Cricket Club was established and started using the Loftus Versveld fields. A few years later CBCOB moved its home ground to Groenkloof in Pretoria.
The academy plays under the auspices of CBCOB Cricket Club and have numerous teams entered in the Northerns Junior Club League. Nico Martin Cricket Academy is very proud to be in partnership with this traditional and established Cricket Club. During the past 25 years his junior teams have had great success competing in the Northens league. We have Platinum, Gold and Silver league teams so therefore catering for all levels and abilities.

Players from all schools are welcome to join.

The Junior CLUB season runs from October to March (Term 4 and 1) and the boys play approximately 15 matches per season.

Most games are played on Saturday mornings at Midstream College Primary School and Midstream Ridge Primary School. All junior members receive a playing shirt and cap once they have enrolled for the season.

Teams 2023/2024:

U9 A Platinum, U9 B Platinum, U9 C Gold, U9 D Gold,
U 11 A Platinum, U 11 B Platinum, U 11 C Platinum
U 13 A Platinum, U 13 B Platinum
U 15 A Platinum, U15 B Gold

Contact us for more info.

Nico Martin is the proud owner of the Shamrocks franchise in the TSL.

The Shamrocks teams are coached by Jaco and Hermann Van Aswegan (both are CSA level 2 qualified coaches and Titans U12 and U13 coaches and selectors respectively).

We are very fortunate to have coaches of this quality in our franchise.

The TSL is a professional youth development tournament held each year in Tshwane. The TSL is an age-based cricket tournament comprising of eight franchises of which The Shamrocks franchise is 1 of the 8 participating. Each franchise will field 4 age groups – U11, U13, U15 and U19. A total of 480 players will participate in a total of 116 games.

Player Auction:
Each franchise is allowed to retain 8 players form the previous year. The other 7 players will be bought during a player’s auction. Each franchise gets a budget to spend and buy any of the registered players via the highest bid. This event is live streamed and during the players auction of 2023 we had more than 300 live viewers.

We offer Holiday camps during most school holidays of which the 1st week of the June/ July Cricket camp and the 1st week of the December holiday camp is the most popular.

This is the perfect preparation as the June/July holiday camp leads directly into the school cricket season.

Players are put into age groups and are hosted at Midstream College Primary School and Midstream Ridge Primary School Cricket nets. Players from all schools are welcome to enrol.

To find out more please CONTACT US.