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Cricket Shropshire and the Shropshire Association of Cricket Officials (SACO) have a series of scoring courses available ahead of the 2026 season.

These are aimed at all levels of scorers and are all free to attend.

SACO Scoring Officer Clair Eccleston said: “All these courses are free and we are putting on a wide variety of courses to help scorers be ready for the season.”

DLS Course 

This module is designed to explain the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method of setting a revised target when there has been a suspension in play in a one-day match.

It is taking place at Wrekin College Sports Hall in Wellington from 9.30am-12.30pm on Sunday, April 12.

To book CLICK HERE.

Linear Scoring Course

This course teaches existing scorers how to complete a linear scoresheet, which is an alternative layout of paper scoresheet to the conventional box style scoring record. 

The course contains a large practical element of scoring a recorded match, after spending time getting familiar with the new layout of scoresheet. Linear scoresheets make a good back-up system when scoring electronically.

It is taking place on Sunday, April 12, from 1-4pm in the Sports Hall at Wrekin College in Wellington.

To book CLICK HERE.

Electronic PCS Pro Course (Laptop) – 1 Full Day

This workshop covers the use of Play Cricket Scorer Pro (PSC Pro®), which is a free scoring program for Microsoft Windows® based computers, developed in conjunction with ECB ACO scorers and with direct links to the Play-Cricket League Management system.

It is taking place at Shifnal Cricket Club on Sunday, March 22, from 9.30am-4.30pm.

To book CLICK HERE.

Electronic PCS Pro Course (Laptop) – 2 Evenings

This course is run over 2 evenings on 18^th March and 25^th March 2026 at Shrewsbury Cricket Club 5.30-9pm. Participants need to attend both evenings to complete the course.

Again, this workshop covers the use of Play Cricket Scorer Pro (PSC Pro®), which is a free scoring program for Microsoft Windows® based computers, developed by the ECB in conjunction with ECB ACO scorers and with direct links to the Play-Cricket League Management system.

To Book: CLICK HERE.

These workshops are in addition to the electronic scoring workshops that have already been advertised  we are running on 14th April at Bridgnorth CC and 16th April at Wem CC. 

Booking for those two sessions is still open via the link HERE.

In addition the new ECB Online Scoring Course is also now available and can be found via the link HERE.

There is also a requirement for all scorers to complete the ECB’s Safeguarding – Level 2 online course. This can be accessed via the link HERE.

To qualify for a scorers point for clubs in the Shropshire County Cricket League this season where applicable, club scorers will need to have done the online scoring course and also have the online Safeguarding course certificate.

If anyone has any queries regarding scoring, they can contact SACO Scoring Officer Clair Eccleston via shropshirecso@gmail.com

For any Safeguarding queries please contact County Safeguarding Officer Vanessa Russell via vanessa.russell@cricketshropshire.co.uk