Cricket was played at Markham College (the original British School in Lima) from 1960 to 1980. However, very little junior cricket had been developed in Peru since then. Cricket Peru is now rekindling interest in the British Schools (of which there are now four or five), with hopes to expand into national colegios:

• Markham College officially runs a cricket programme for junior boys and girls using coaches employed by Cricket Peru.
• Another school, Hiram Bingham has also started a regular cricket activity for both boys and girls using Cricket Peru coaches.
• Cambridge College in the south of Lima now has an artificial cricket wicket, built with an ICC Development Grant, and this is to be used by the students, as well as providing an excellent training facility for the adults.
• Newton College  initiated junior cricket in 2010, with coaching and support provided by Cricket Peru’s Development Officer.
• San Silvestre Girls School has an intermittent cricket programme.

These schools’ programmes have now culminated in a four-team Inter-Schools Trophy between Markham, Newton, Cambridge and Hiram Bingham. The inaugural tournament was held at Lima Cricket Club on Sun, 21st Nov, 2010, with Markham emerging triumphant. For full details click here.

In April, 2010, Cricket Peru had the honour of hosting the inaugural Cricket South America Under-13 Boys Championship, at the Lima Cricket Club. The inexperienced Peru team, led by Sjoerd de Witt, scored a nail-biting victory over Chile in the Twenty20 competition, and the Peru ‘Vicunas’ won the Cricket Veloz 7-a-side trophy. For full scorecards and reports, click here.