Oldham Cricket Club are a cricket team, based at The Pollards in the Watersheddings area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
In 1892, Oldham were one of the founder members of the Central Lancashire League and currently run teams in the First, Second and Third divisions; with junior sides at Under 18 and Under 15 levels.
As of 2011, their professional player is Kamran Hussein, who was born in Pakistan, but is now married to an English woman. Their professional for 2007 was Greg Todd of New Zealand, who heralded the end of a long line of South African professionals at the club, including Mark Charlton (2006) and Martin Smith (2004–05).
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