The club fees are for the 2025/26 academic year. Fees are set by the club and are subject to change the following academic year.
Based: Cyncoed Campus/SWALEC Stadium/ St Fagans Cricket Club / Usk Cricket Club
Status: Champions of BUCS Cricket
High Performance Programme & affiliated with Cardiff South Wales UCCE
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Indoor Honours Board
BUCS National Finalists 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2017, 2018, 2020 (3rd Place), 2023, 2024 (Men)
BUCS National Champions 2011 & 2012 (Men)
BUCS National Finalists 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 (Silver), 2023, 2024, 2025 (Bronze) (Women)
BUCS National Champions 2012, 2013 & 2020 (Women)
Outdoor Honours Board
BUCS Trophy Champions 2023 & 2025 (Men)
BUCS Trophy Runners Up 2010 & 2011 (Men)
BUCS Trophy Semi Finalists 2012 & 2015, 2022 (Men)
BUCS League Winners 2nd XI 2017,2018,2019, 2024, 2025 (Men)
BUCS League Winners 3rd XI 2021,2022,2023 (Men)
BUCS League Winners 4th XI 2025 (Men)
BUCS League Winners 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 (Womens)
Recent professional players:
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Jack Leach
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England, Somerset CCC, Birmingham Phoenix
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Rory Burns
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England, Surrey CCC, Oval Invincibles
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Dan Douthwaite
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Glamorgan CCC, Warwickshire CCC, Welsh Fire, Manchester Originals
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Harrison Ward
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Sussex CCC, Oval Invincibles
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Tom Bevan
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Glamorgan CCC
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Jake Libby
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Nottinghamshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC
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Alex Thompson
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Warwickshire CCC
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Daarouysh Ahmed
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Gloucestershire CCC
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Asa Tribe
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Glamorgan CCC, Jersey, Paarl Royals
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Ben Morris
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Glamorgan CCC
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Tom Cullen
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Glamorgan CCC
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Prem Sisodyia
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Glamorgan CCC
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Brad Evans
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Zimbabwe
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Tommy Boorman
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Gloucestershire CCC
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Matt Hobden
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Sussex CCC
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Andrew Salter
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Glamorgan CCC
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Alex Milton
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Glamorgan CCC
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Cam Herring
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Worcestershire CCC
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Connor Brown
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Glamorgan CCC
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Neil Brand
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South Africa, Glamorgan CCC, Somerset CCC, Joburg Super Kings, Titans
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Sam Pearce
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Glamorgan CCC
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Jaques Banton
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Worcestershire CCC
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Francis Moore
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Nottinghamshire CCC
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Cameron Melly
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North West Warriors
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Matthew Foster
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Ireland A
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Nat Wraith
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Gloucestershire CCC, Wawrickshire CCC, London Spirit, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire,
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Lauren Filer
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England, Somerset CCC, Durham CCC, London Spirit, Welsh Fire, Manchester Originals, Western Storm
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Bea Ellis
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Glamorgan CCC
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Sara Phillips
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Glamorgan CCC
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Katie Dolman
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Gloucestershire CCC
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Sophie Luff
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Somerset CCC, Welsh Fire, London Spirit, Southern Brave
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Carla Rudd
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Middlesex CCC, Sussex CCC, Southern Brave, Southern Vipers
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Lauren Parfitt
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Glamorgan CCC
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Cardiff Met Cricket
Cardiff Metropolitan University (formally UWIC) is one of the UK’s leading universities for student sport, offering a wide variety of affiliated sports and clubs. Due to its illustrious history and outstanding reputation, Cardiff Met CC is one of the few extremely fortunate clubs to benefit from additional support, enabling our players to achieve and perform at the highest level they can. These privileges include physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, nutritional support and performance analysis for all players.
We provide teams for Men’s 1st, 2nd,3rds and 4th XI and Women’s 1st XI as well as opportunities to compete in indoor competitions at local and national level. All teams compete in the British Universities Indoor and Outdoor competitions. Training and coaching is supervised by the Head of Cricket whilst students can benefit from the highly regarded UCCE Centre of Excellence Scheme which is based at Cardiff Met. The centre – one of six around the country – provides a pathway for players in our programme to combine their studies with opportunities of first-class cricket. We are proud to have contributed towards over fifty past and present students who have made this phenomenal achievement.
Although we place a substantial emphasis on our cricket, we are equally keen to equip our players with additional skills that will benefit them later in life once their university career has ended. Students have access to coaching courses, opportunities to develop links with local clubs and communities along with professional development tutorage. Hopefully this underpins our firm belief that our students should enrich their lives in as many environments as possible during their time with us, whether that lies inside or outside of cricket.
Coaching Team
Head of Cricket
Gethin Smart (Level 3 ECB Coach)
Head of cricket since the 2017/18 season, he previously worked as an assistant coach at the club in 2016/17 academic year. Gethin has coached cricket over for the past 24 years in a range of environments; these have included Welsh development centres, Head coach of Sri Vimmalla Cricket club in Sri Lanka and locally within the South Wales League. He holds a ECB Level 3 Coach qualification.
Gethin brings considerable experience to the Cardiff Met Cricket Programme expanding the current squad to encompass more performance cricketers, whilst adding significant value to the quality and experience of the cricket programme for both men’s and women’s cricket.
As the Head of Cricket during a time of huge expansion and success; Gethin prides himself on a player first culture with the club.
Womens Head Coach
Emma Godman (Level 3 ECB Coach)
Emma started coaching at the age of 16 for her local club (Bath CC) undertook her level 2 in her first year at University all while still coaching at Bath CC. With her Level 2 she has assisted coaching Somerset Girls age groups and Lead Female club age groups. In her Masters year, Emma became a player coach of the Cardiff Met Women’s Cricket Club. Emma moved into her role as Head Coach in 2020 after completing her level 3. Emma’s playing experience is extensive, recently moving counties to represent Wales, this in order for her to develop her coaching by assisting all Welsh girls age groups both in the summer and winter, alongside her Bath cc age group girls coaching.
In her time with the club, Cardiff Met WCC have been crowned National Indoor Champions in 2020, plus Semi Finalists outdoors in 5 consecutive years. Emma was named coach of the year at Cardiff Met Sports Awards in 2021.
Mens Assistant Coaches
Eliott Doyle (Level 2 ECB Coach)
After qualifying at Level 2, Elliott started his coaching career working with the junior sections of his home club side Horsford (Norfolk) and, after moving to Cardiff in 2015, he coached and played at St Fagans and Lisvane. He would go on to spend time coaching with the Cardiff & Vale county age groups, as well as the Cricket Wales Regional Performance Centres.
Elliott initially got involved with coaching the CMUCC squad in 2018 as a player-coach, before announcing his university cricketing retirement in 2020 and continuing solely as the club's Assistant Coach.
Elliott is also a graduate of the Cardiff Met Sports Coaching & Pedagogy MSc course, and is currently studying for a PhD in Sport Coaching.
After playing at St Fagans in his early years at university, Elliott is currently an opening batsman and Captain at SWPL Premier 1 side Usk CC, where he has been playing since 2018.
Tomos Jones (ECB Core Coach)
Originally from Lampeter in Ceredigion, Tomos came to Cardiff Met in 2019 with a strong background in Cricket.
He represented Cardiff MCCU and Cardiff Met in his short time at university.
Tomos brings a wealth of playing experience, having competed in the South Wales Premier League with Bridgend Town CC since 2016. He has also represented Glamorgan 2XI and Wales Minor and National Counties.
These opportunities gave him valuable insights into high-performance environments and the technical, tactical, and mental aspects of the sport.
Since 2022, Tomos has been part of the coaching staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where he has contributed to winning 2 BUCS titles as part of the coaching team. Alongside his university role, he has also worked extensively with the Bridgend junior section and served as the club coach since 2022, showing his commitment to developing players at both grassroots and performance levels.
Ben Kenchington – S&C Lead Coach
Ben is the Strength & Conditioning Lead at the club, where he oversees all aspects of athletic development and physical preparation across the squad. A proud alumnus of the university, Ben played from 2018 to 2021 and captained the 3rd XI to an unbeaten championship season—part of a four-year stretch without a single loss during his time with the club, a record he fully intends to maintain.
After graduating, Ben spent time working abroad before returning to complete a Master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning. He now coaches with SW7 Academy, helping develop young athletes from a range of sports as they work toward professional careers.
What sets Ben apart is his strong belief that being a good athlete starts with being a good person. His coaching philosophy centres around discipline, accountability, and creating a positive environment where players are encouraged to grow both on and off the field. Having experienced the unique culture of the club as a player, Ben was keen to get back involved during his postgraduate studies, and is now entering his second year in the S&C lead role.
With a strong support team around him and high standards across the board, Ben is excited to build on last season’s success and ensure the squad is physically and mentally ready for the challenges ahead.
If you would like to find out more about the club please contact our head of cricket - Gethin Smart team on 07983124790