Cricket Management Course

Learn to manage Cricket teams at an international level, administer your countries domestic competitions, and oversee all cricket operations at the local or international level.

You do not need to relocate, this course can be taken from anywhere in the world.

The Cricket Management Course is an 8 week online course that offers cutting edge theories on how to develop a career in professional and amateur cricket. The Cricket Management Course will cover issues including cricket team operations, cricket club management, talent identification, team sponsorship, umpiring, coaching, junior cricket, women’s cricket, new technologies of recruiting, traditional recruiting, the business of running a cricket club and other essential tools of modern administrators of professional and amateur cricket clubs.

As cricket grows globally, so do business opportunites within the game. Whether you want to work at Lord's, Eden Gardens, Sabina Park, Bellerive Oval, Old Wanderers, or just increase the involvement of your school cricket program this 8 week online course will launch your cricket success. You will learn the skills and stategies which are needed to advance cricket worldwide.

This course is for you if you want to pursue a career

• Professional Cricket Administration
• Amateur Club Cricket Administration
• Cricket Schools and Camps
• Junior Cricket & Women’s Cricket
• Team or Club Management
• Cricket Agent
• Cricket umpire
• Cricket Game Day Operations
• Cricket Sports Marketing and commercial opportunities
• How to run your own cricket club more efficiently
• Cricket Media & Community Relations
• Cricket career advancement opportunities

Professionally Recruit Cricket players and professionally manage a Cricket club:
Those individuals with a passion for the game of cricket need insider knowledge on cricket club operations, cricket recruiting, player management and evaluation and the overall business of cricket. If you want to further your career in cricket you need to learn and be mentored by those successful in the game. This 8 week online course could be the foundation or the advancement of an exciting career in cricket.

Cricket Agents and recruiters need to know how to objectively recruit players from all over the world. They also need to know how technology is affecting the cricket clubs budgets. Every successful business, including the business of Cricket, has a winning formula. This course will teach you the successes and failures of the most successful cricket teams and programs in the world.

What you will learn:

• Revenue-raising and new business activities for cricket
• Cricket recruiting, player evaluation, player ratings and in-depth analysis
• Relationships between cricket leagues in Australia, India, England, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies, Netherlands, Israel, Nepal, and Argentina
• Cricket contracts, player trades and acquisitions, and player salaries and negotiations
• Cricket pitch and ground operations
• Responsibilities of cricket club management, CEO and all player personnel
• All elite-level men's and women's cricket operations, including management of Test and one-day international teams
• Handling public relations & media rights
• Acquiring and servicing Cricket commercial partners and endorsements
• Cricket Advertising strategies
• Cricket event management for international matches
• Cricket Promotions, Merchandising & Operations
• Cricket contracts and player negotiation
• Managing cricket at an international level
• To administer your countries domestic competitions
• Programming for international and domestic cricket
• Playing conditions for international and interstate cricket
• Pre-tour inspections
• Cricketers' Association relationship management
• Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Code of Conducts
• Cricket Academies
• Umpiring
• Increasing cricket participation across the world
• World-class development programs for players, coaches and umpires
• Oversee the implementation of various strategic initiatives involving new Cricket technology
• Strategic communications and publicity
• Internet management and corporate hospitality

Course Instructors:

The course instructors, Ken Jacobs, Colin Croft and Dr. Lynn Lashbrook
(Via the live audio chats you will enjoy getting to know your instructors.)

Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs has many years of experience operating in the sports and leisure industry across a range of issues relevant to the sports business sector at local, national and international levels.

From 1980-2007 he was CEO of Cricket Victoria, in Melbourne Australia. Cricket Victoria is the largest participant State in Australian cricket with more clubs and, more people playing the game than in any other State of Australia.

During this period Ken oversaw a growth in revenue from $(Aus) 500k to $(Aus) 25 million and was also responsible for the development and implementation of Cricket Victoria's first Strategic Plan and an increase in participation levels to a record 185,000 regular participants.

Cricket Victoria is also responsible for the staging of international cricket matches in Melbourne at the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on behalf of Cricket Australia and during his period as CEO Ken was involved in the management and delivery of many international matches involving all of the major Test match playing countries - this included the iconic Boxing Day Test matches played at the venue each, the 1992 World Cup; and a host of one day international matches played at the venue.

From February-May 2007 Ken was engaged by the International Cricket Council as Event Manger for the staging of the ICC 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean region.

Ken now manages his own consultancy business and has recently been engaged in the development of a strategic plan for a significant state sporting body; project work to investigate a national sponsorship agreement and equipment review to benefit cricket clubs and Associations throughout Australia; consulting work for one of Australia's leading national sports travel companies and is currently involved in the development and implementation of an event plan including a comprehensive risk management assessment and commercial operations plan) for a new corporate Twenty20 cricket competition in Melbourne.

Ken is a qualified accountant, a member of the Australia New Zealand Sports Law Association and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 by the Australian Government for his services to cricket.

Colin Croft

Colin Croft has a wealth of hands on experience to mentor SMWW students in every facet of cricket! With over 35 years of sports management experience including 25 years as a Professional Cricketer, cricket broadcasting (radio, television & internet) and print journalism, facility management, teaching & coaching. Colin has worked or consultated in Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and other countries of the Commonwealth. Colin’s experience includes:

• Sports Journalist: 12+ years - Print, Electronic & Internet media - Int’l media houses - BBC World Service Sport; BBC Test Match Special (Cricket); CNN/Sports Illustrated; Caribbean Media Corp.; Cric-info Ltd; Sky Sports; ESPN Sports; Neo Sports – Int’l cricket audiences - Caribbean, USA, UK, Canada, Asia, New Zealand, Australia & Africa.
• Professional Cricketer: 25 + years - West Indies Youth "Test", Senior West Indies "Test & ODI" & West Indies "Masters" cricket teams (West Indies Cricket Board) & 1st Class cricket - Republic of Guyana & Lancashire County Cricket Club, United Kingdom.
• Sports Facility Manager: 2+ years - Sport & Physical Education Centre, University of West Indies (St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago) - Managed operations & supervised personnel (Indoor facility - 1500 patrons - hockey, soccer, basketball, netball, badminton, volleyball - Outdoor facility – 6000 patrons - hockey, basketball, volleyball, netball, cricket, soccer, rugby, tennis & athletics. Including hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 - "Preliminary/Warm-Up" Games.
• Professional Cricket Coach: 8 + years – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB & ECB Level II/III Cricket Coach - University of the West Indies (St. Augustine campus), Trinidad & Tobago; Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (St. Lucia); WICB Fast Bowling Clinics; WICB (Fast) Bowling Committee Member; WICB Youth & Ladies teams Preparation Coach.

Colin, is excited to share with SMWW students his history from its advent to the present-day 20/20 competitions. His ability to mentor each student in each individual situation will be and train and guide them in cricket administration is a rare opportunity. Effective learning comes from those who have tried and true life experiences. It comes from someone willing to convey the good, bad and ugly. You will love "Crofty’s" enthusiasm, expertise, and especially the vast wealth of global cricket experience. If you are interested in pursuing a career in cricket, Colin will inform, motivate and encourage you to new levels.

Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook

Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide, the world leader in online sports business management education. Dr. Lashbrook has outstanding academic qualifications, and over thirty-five years of combined experience as an educator, coach, athletic administrator and a registered agent. Dr. Lashbrook manages the SMWW Agency representing over 200 Agents and hundreds of athletes worldwide. Dr. Lashbrook has hand on experience and active interaction with team and club manager’s, scouts, sports business executives inlcuding major endorsements, player contracts, sponsorships, and all SMWW Sports Agency activities. Because he is still in the industry, his teaching is up-to-the-minute and addresses the issues in professional sports today. Dr. Lashbrook emphasizes integrity and ethics in his curriculum and weekly interactive audio chats. You will love his motivational style and passion to improve sports management industry.

Read more about Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.

Course Details

Weekly Audio Chats - A unique aspect of each 8 week course is the opportunity for students to participate weekly in interactive audio chats with fellow students, Colin Croft and Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, SMWW staff, SMWW Agents, former professional cricket players, cricket management, and renowned guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to network within the international cricket industry and get to know your instructors and fellow students personally via the internet. This allows ample opportunity to network, ask questions, and discuss openly with instructors and fellow classmates. This is available via any online computer with a microphone. If you are unable to attend the chat they are archived and you can listen at a time more convenient.

Online Education - This innovative academic course is facilitated through a web-based educational delivery system. You will enjoy the online discussion boards, weekly readings,weekly quizzes, course project, and interaction amongst fellow sports business minded students and faculty. The course content is the foundation to a successful cricket career.

The Future of Cricket- Learn the latest technology

Several cricket organizations are using new software and hardware devices to enhance cricket statistical analysis. Some cricket statisticians are beginning to look at cricket with an eye to providing a similar depth of analysis as used in sabermetrics. Professional cricket coaches are using computer records of ball-by-ball play to obtain more detailed statistical analysis of player performances than ever before. Sabermetrics will be introduced in the Cricket Management Course.

Television coverage of professional cricket has provided momentum to develop new ways of presenting statistical data to viewers. Television networks have invented several new ways of presenting cricket statistics. These include displaying two-dimensional plots of shot directions and distances on an overhead view of a cricket field, and graphs of run scoring and wicket taking numbers plotted against time or balls bowled over a career or within a match. These graphics can be changed dynamically by computer as statistics evolve during a game. SMWW course students will get the opportunity to be exposed to these cutting edge cricket computer techniques.

Course Certificate & Resume Reference:

Successful graduates of the Sports Management Worldwide courses will be sent a SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment. This certificate represents not only your achievements in the course but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and ability to "self train" yourself for higher positions within the sports business industry.

In addition to your certificate, you will be given the stamp of approval by SMWW. This approval includes a personal reference you may add to your resume with contact information for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and a reference to the mentors of this course.

Apply Now - Free

Cost: $995 (plus course materials shipping). Payment plans available (as little as $495 a month). See if you are eligible for an economic discount based on your country of residence. Length: 8 Weeks; "Live" audio online chats weekly with renowned instructors! Prerequisites: Must be 18 or older to participate and have a passion for sports Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Diner's Club, or Wells Fargo Loan CALL TODAY: 1-877-SMWW-NOW (In the UK: 087 12884799) Register Now

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Academic Credit

This course is currently under consideration for the Western Oregon University Credit Overlay Program

Western Oregon University (WOU), a member of the Oregon University System, offers a separate Credit Overlay Program for Sports Management Worldwide's courses. Students interested in obtaining college credit for Sports Management Worldwide courses must apply for the credit with Western Oregon University directly.

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