From an Idea to a Cricket Club
South Liverpool Cricket Club began with a simple idea: to create new opportunities for people to play and enjoy cricket. From those early discussions a new club gradually took shape, bringing together players, volunteers and supporters.
Its beginnings were modest. The club entered its first season with a Sunday team and a midweek friendly side, joining the Liverpool & District Cricket Competition Sunday League. Success came remarkably quickly: South Liverpool won its division at the first attempt.
The club continued to grow. Players from a variety of backgrounds joined, its teams expanded and Saturday league cricket followed. What had begun modestly was developing into an ambitious and increasingly successful cricket club.
There was, however, one thing missing.
South Liverpool Cricket Club did not have a ground of its own.
For several years the club played as a nomadic side, hiring grounds and facilities elsewhere. As its membership and ambitions grew, finding somewhere it could finally put down roots became increasingly important.
That search would eventually lead across the Mersey — and to an apparently forgotten cricket square in a village park in Eastham.
However, the move to Torr Park was never intended to happen overnight. With the cricket square only recently brought back into use after an eight-year absence, the club has taken a deliberately cautious approach, allowing the ground and its facilities to develop alongside its growing ambitions.
Azam Udayar is keen not to rush the transition. South Liverpool’s 1st XI will remain at Northern for the time being.
“We are moving gradually,” Udayar said.
“The change affected the 1st XI, and we need to make a bit of a step up.
“We are competitive and our players are very capable. Having the pitch in play now puts us in a good position for the future.
“Once we’re confident that the Torr Park wicket is going to play to a good enough standard, then we will bring the other teams in — whether that’s next season or the season after, or whenever.
“We are being very careful so the interest in cricket is not lost because of the playing facilities.
“We’ve played only one team at Torr Park in 2026. We don’t want to overload the pitch, so we thought we’d make a gradual transition.
“But eventually we’ll be able to move the other teams there.”