Counties Manukau Cricket Association runs amateur cricket across south Auckland, with its office at 90 Walters Road, Takanini. It is an incorporated society that provides leadership and pathways from school to club for everyone involved. It is one of six districts in the Northern Districts Cricket Association and is affiliated with New Zealand Cricket. The association serves 12 cricket clubs, 12 secondary schools and 96 primary and intermediate schools. The 2020/21 New Zealand Cricket census counted 8,668 people in organised cricket across the region, a rise of 41% on the year before. We hear junior, youth and senior registrations are now open.
The association's roots go back to 1947, when the Franklin and District Cricket Association was registered. Mauku Cricket Club, established in 1859, is its oldest club. Franklin joined the Northern Districts association in 1967, and Counties Manukau has been the association's name since it formed in 1996. The region now covers the former Franklin and Papakura districts, part of Manukau City, and parts of the Waikato and Hauraki districts. Service awards recognise people who have given ten years or more to the association. Fixtures, results and past competition winners are published on the website.