About Us

The Cricket Without Boundaries Trust was established in April 2005 by founder-trustees Andy Hobbs, Chris Kangis and Ed Williams. It is a registered charity in the UK, number 1111316, operating under the name of Cricket Without Boundaries ("CWB").

CWB has three main goals:

• To spread cricket through coaching children and teaching adults how to coach; and
• To link the sport to HIV/AIDS awareness and incorporate these messages into coaching sessions.
• To bring together and empower local communities through cricket.

Working in partnership with the Cricket Associations in each country, the relevant British High Commissions and the ICC, we follow a simple, 3 stage, sports development structure to try to ensure some form of sustained development of the game: 1) coach education; 2) Schools coaching, and 3) Tournament.

Our coach education takes the form of teaching the adults the basics of cricket through the ICC's Introduction to Cricket course (which includes coaching, umpiring and scoring) as well as for moredeveloped coaches delivering the ICC's level 1 and 2 awards. We try to link our coaching in with each National Cricket Association's existing development plans. In 2008 we signed a memorandum of understanding with Rwanda Cricket Association, committing to 5 years of support from CWB if the RCA meets it's own development goals.

Meet the Trustees

Andy Hobbs
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Andy is ICC Development Programmes Manager. He is a full Minor Counties cricketer and an ECB Level 3 coach and ECB Tutor trained.

Andy has played high-level cricket all his life. He has represented Oxfordshire from U13 to the full Minor County Team. He has also played for Nottingham University and English Universities. He spent a year playing and coaching in Zimbabwe. He is currently an ECB level 3 coach and ECB Tutor.

Ed Williams
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Ed is an Employment and Discrimination Barrister at Cloisters Chambers and a lecturer at the College of Law. He is an ECB Level 2 coach and ECB Tutor trained.

Ed has played cricket all his life, including Nottingham University and Arnold in the Nottingham Premier League in 1999. Ed is a level 2 coach and ECB Tutor Trained and has significant coaching experience, having coached thousands of children as well as national youth and women's teams in Africa. He is an Employment and Human Rights Barrister at Cloisters Chambers and lecturer at the College of Law.

Chris Kangis
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Chris is Senior Legal Counsel for AEG Europe, one of the world's leading sports and entertainment companies.

Chris has a wealth of experience in coaching, having trained youth and women's National teams in Africa as well as thousands of children.  He has particular expertise in teaching adults how to coach.  Chris has been playing cricket all his life at various levels, including a stint in France.