The British Tamils Cricket League (BTCL) was founded in 2005 to promote cricket within the wider community, particularly the Tamil community, and promote a cricket league for youth in the United Kingdom.
The BTCL has since firmly established itself as a leading community cricket league in the UK.
BTCL works in partnership with mainstream cricket bodies, including England Cricket Board (ECB), Club Cricket Conference (CCC), Surrey Cricket Foundation, Essex County Cricket, Kent County Cricket, Middlesex County Cricket & National Asian Cricket Council. As a result, the community and its peers frequently recognise BTCL’s work and contribution to cricket and the wider community.
BTCL provides a safe environment for youth to excel in sports while developing sportsmanship.
The BTCL’s goal is to provide a platform for youth to play and excel in cricket and develop skills to be better citizens of the UK.
Since its inception, the league has grown rapidly and comprises sixty-four teams with more than two thousand players. The teams are currently split into eight divisions: Premier, Super, Champions, Legends, Challenge & Community. More than 500 matches are played per season.
- BTCL Supporting continuously develops to meet the community’s changing needs we strive to serve now and in the future.
- BTCL develop activities that promote a healthy lifestyle through the cost-effective provision of sports and health wellbeing.
- To provide a place to meet, collaborate and entertain for local community groups.
- We are promoting equality of opportunities and foster an environment where discrimination of any sort is challenged and corrected
- Community Cohesion- We are committed to the promotion of a strong and prosperous local community where individuals from all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds will work and interact in an environment of mutual understanding and respect
- We believe that collaboration with voluntary and community groups, private sector companies and public sector bodies improves our ability to enhance our provisions, resources and better deliver services required by all.
BTCL THE 100
First time ever BTCL conducted THE 100 ball games in 2020. This is a county-based tournament, participated about 52 clubs around London. During the pandemic situation, BTCL has supported the youngsters mental & physical wellbeing. The players and well-wishers widely recognised it.
The BTCL 100 Club
Cricketers hold the number 100 in great significance. Not many get to this position, but this target is easily attainable with hard work, dedication, and inherent skill. BTCL 100 club was inaugurated in 2015 at Oval Cricket ground. This is another amazing development for BTCL. This will enhance our standing as a community cricket institution and develop networking among our prominent community minded people, whom we are open to and always welcome.
BTCL’s Reach in Sri Lanka
Provide cricket equipment facilities and training to deprived North and East areas of Sri Lanka, facilitating youth to play cricket.
Provide Matting for the schools.
Provide equipment for more schools in need.
Set up coaching camps regionally.
Collect and deliver used cricket equipment from BTCL clubs.
Organise Umpiring courses.
BTCL Cricket Academy
BTCL running 2 Junior Cricket academies in London. The Surrey & Kent academies have been successfully running since 2016. BTCL colts team also Participating East Surrey Colts T20 League since 2018
Furthermore, we continue developing BTCL as one of the “integration & diversity” platforms for the Tamil community.
It is our dream that one day we can promote a Tamil cricketer from our league towards achieving representation in a National level.
Let’s play together so we can achieve together in Creating a Vibrant Cricketing Community.
