cricket is prominent, with the old contemptibles, loughborough town cc, loughborough outwoods cc, loughborough carillon cc, loughborough carillon old boys' cc, loughborough university staff cc, loughborough greenfields cc and [[loughborough lightning (cricket)|loughborough lightning]] of the semi-professional [[women's cricket super league]] representing various standards of cricket in the area. loughborough town has since 2000 been the most successful club in the [[leicestershire and rutland cricket league]]. the university is home to the [[ecb national cricket academy]], used by the england team as their primary training centre.