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Available
The default for an active player when no exception has been recorded.
Cricket player availability
Know who is available before selection starts.
ClubHub keeps player availability with the selection information your club already uses. Clubs can also turn on the Player & Family Portal so approved players and families can update availability themselves, share playing preferences and see team information the club deliberately releases.
Less weekly administration
Available by default. Record the exceptions.
ClubHub does not require every active player to press an “available” button every week. If no exception is recorded, the player is available by default. The club records what selectors actually need to know when something changes.
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Limited
Available with a restriction, such as batting only or no bowling.
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In doubt
Not yet a definite yes or no, so selectors can see uncertainty before finalising.
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Unavailable
Clearly out for the relevant week, fixture or recorded period.
One source of truth
Availability should not live in four different conversations.
The problem is not usually that clubs have no availability information. It is that the information arrives in different places, at different times, to different people.
- A player told one selector but not another.
- A holiday was mentioned weeks ago and then forgotten.
- A late change sits in a message thread instead of beside the team.
- Selectors start building teams before they have one shared availability picture.
Record it once
Handle this week quickly, or plan ahead for several rounds.
Availability can be recorded for the immediate week or across a date range. A period automatically applies to fixtures that fall inside it, so a planned holiday does not need to be re-entered round after round.
This week
Record a quick change for the current week without disturbing other availability periods.
A date range
Record holidays, injury, work, study or another period once. It then applies to every fixture in that range, including future rounds.
Selection context
The effective status sits with the player information selectors use while they build the team.
Availability where it matters
See availability while you are actually selecting.
Availability is not a separate spreadsheet that selectors have to remember to check. It contributes to the current player picture inside ClubHub, alongside the other information used during selection.
When availability changes, selectors can work from the updated status instead of relying on somebody to pass the message on.
ClubHub Player & Family Portal
Let families keep their own cricket information up to date.
The ClubHub Player & Family Portal is a core module that each club can turn on when it is ready. Approved players, parents, guardians and family members use the portal without becoming selectors or club staff.
Update availability
Record this week or future date ranges from a phone. If nothing changes, active players remain available by default.
Share playing preferences
Families can record soft preferences such as playing together, team or grade preferences and movement preferences. They inform selection but never make a player unavailable or ineligible.
See what the club releases
Finalising a team does not publish it. Selectors separately choose when to release match details, the team list and optional batting or bowling information to authorised people.
Clubs stay in control
A Club Admin turns the Player & Family Portal on or off for the whole club. Turning it off pauses participant access without deleting existing family links, availability, preferences or release history. Clubs can keep using ClubHub selection without enabling the module.
Common questions
Player availability FAQs
Does every player have to confirm availability every week?
No. Active players are available by default when no exception has been recorded. That keeps the weekly workload focused on changes rather than making every player repeat the same confirmation.
Can availability cover several weeks?
Yes. A date-range period can cover holidays, injury, work, study or another reason, and applies to fixtures that fall within that range.
Can a player be partly available?
Yes. ClubHub includes a Limited status with room to record useful detail, as well as In doubt and Unavailable.
Can players and parents update their own availability?
Yes, when the club has turned on the Player & Family Portal. Approved players and families can update availability in the portal, while selectors continue to work from the same shared availability picture inside ClubHub.
Learn more
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From availability to selection
See the whole ClubHub selection workflow.
Availability is one part of the week. ClubHub connects it with team selection, relevant checks, finalisation and match planning.