The School offers outstanding cricket facilities, including a newly installed five-lane enclosed cricket net system at Redmayne Playing Field, which complements our indoor cricket gallery. The Gallery is crucial as it enables pupils to maintain and develop their skills during our Winter program that starts in the Michaelmas term. During the Trinity Term, we also benefit from six grass practice nets and a small astro area equipped with additional nets. Redmayne Playing Field accommodates up to seven cricket pitches, while the Lower Close serves as our primary First XI venue, set against the magnificent backdrop of the Cathedral.


Cricket is available as a sporting option for boys and girls of all abilities across all School year groups.


In the 2024/25 season, we participated in 121 Senior School fixtures. Locally, we competed against Norwich High School, Wymondham College, Gresham’s School, Framlingham College, Beeston Hall, and Langley School. At regional and national level, our fixture list included Ipswich School, Stamford School, The Leys School, Royal Hospital School, Culford School, Oakham School, Bedford School, Rugby School, Worksop College, Oundle, St Joseph’s College, Warwick School, Epsom College, The Perse School, Hurstpierpoint College, and Bloxham School.


Our cricket programme is supported by a number of highly qualified coaches with First-Class and international playing and coaching experience. Their expertise underpins our commitment to nurturing a deep appreciation and long-term engagement with the sport.


The 2024/25 season saw numerous notable achievements. Our 13A and 15A Girls’ teams were runners-up in the County Cup, while our U12A and 15A Boys’ teams were crowned County Cup champions, with the U15s progressing to the regional semi-finals. Both our U13 and U15 Girls’ teams won the County round of the ECB Indoor Competition and qualified for the regional stage. We are proud to have many pupils representing Norfolk at County Age Group level. Additionally, our First XI boys’ captain, Lewis Reeder, represented the Northamptonshire 2nd XI. Two of our Girls’ First XI players were selected for the Essex Women’s Academy and Essex EPP, and two of our First XI boys are currently part of the Northamptonshire Academy.


The school is also delighted to have been included in The Cricketer’s “Top 100 Schools” guide for the second consecutive year.

Sports News

Talking Tennis - U18 Boys Glanville Cup

By Eleanor Lewis • March 31, 2026
On Thursday 26 March, the U18 Boys played in the 1 st round of the national Tennis competition, The Glanville Cup, vs Wymondham College. Two very evenly matched teams saw some very close fought games with two of the singles games going to additional tie-break sets, leaving the score after the singles rounds tied on 4 points to each school. Our number one pair Harry Philpott and Charlie George Snelling played some exception tennis and managed to win their games 6-4, 6-4. Our second pair won their first set comfortably but then Wymondham College fought back and took their game to a tie-break set; Charlie Hutchinson and Veron Hung persevered as the light and temperature dropped and won the game to see Norwich School win 8-4 overall and through to the next round. Well done boys!

Keeping Track of Cross Country at the End of Lent 2026

By Eleanor Lewis • March 27, 2026
After half term, the Cross-Country team enjoyed a drizzly afternoon of racing in Ipswich on Saturday 28 February. The course was extremely muddy making for challenging, slippery conditions. But the Junior Boys managed to stay upright and perform well with Jonas Tam finishing 3rd, Jonty Croskell in 4th and Oscar Parker-Wright in 11th. All season the Senior Girls have dominated the front end of the field and again we had 3 of the top six finishers. On this occasion, it was Amelie Ivie who timed her finish best to take 3rd place ahead of Bea Green in 4th and Olivia Allen in 6th. The team was completed by Simran Chawla coming in 12th. With 8 Senior Boys running, the team prize seems sewn up this year and we had 3 of the top 5 finishers. Over the 7.6km route, Ethan Buskell was fastest on the day, coming 2nd, just ahead of Arthur Dannatt in 3rd and Leon Liu 5th. Leo Pitt was 8th, Jeremy Lo 9th and Tom Copley, George Yiasimi and Edward Lott completed the dominating team performance all in the top 14. Next, on Saturday 7 March we saw the final race in the East Anglian League against runners from Gresham’s, Ipswich and RHS. The team travelled to RHS and the conditions were reasonably dry and still on a flat, fast course. Our only competing Junior, Jonas Tam, improved upon last week’s third place to come 2nd this week, while in the Intermediate Boys, Kit Rudling came 4th. In the Senior Boys we had excellent strength in depth, as we have had all season, with eight runners competing. First to finish was Ethan Buskell who came 2nd overall. Jeremy Lo came through the field strongly to take 5th place, capping off another consistent season. Leon Liu, Kort Tsui and Leo Pitt were next over the line, followed shortly by Tom Copley, Edward Lott and George Yiasimi. The Senior Boys, having showed such consistent quality and excellent camaraderie throughout the season, deservedly took home the East Anglian League Team Trophy.  Finally, 5 of our athletes represented the school at the English Schools National Finals in Liverpool — a fantastic experience with some excellent performances across the board. Well done to everyone who has represented the Cross Country team this season.

Hockey Highlights in the Lead Up to Easter

By Eleanor Lewis • March 27, 2026
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