The ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay has provided the annual county-by-county preview for the Vitality Blast women's competition (Tier 1) ahead of the opening games on Friday night.
Yorkshire will play in Tier 1 for the frist time this season with the group-stage reduced to 12 matches per team, with four counties progressing to Finals Day at the Kia Oval on Friday 17 July.
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Counties and cricketing organisations have been urged to seize the moment of England and Wales hosting the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup next month and make 2026 the biggest ever year for women’s cricket.
Leaders from across cricket came together at today’s ECB Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Whole Game Conference at Edgbaston, with the event themed around making the most of hosting the tournament
New Zealand Women 141-4 beat England Women 181-7 by 17 runs (DLS Method)
The Metro Bank ODI series honours were shared following a 17-run win for New Zealand in the final match of the series in Cardiff.
In what was Suzie Bates’ 184th and final ODI match for the White Ferns, her teammates ensured she signed off with the win that secured a 1-1 drawn series after Wednesday’s 2nd match was aband
England Men U19s will host Pakistan Men U19s in a Youth Test and four Youth ODIs during September.
The one-off Youth Test will be played at Arundel from September 2-5 before the four-match Youth ODI series begins at the same location on September 9. The second Youth ODI will be staged at Guildford before the series concludes with matches at Wormsley.
The Young Lions are already scheduled to
The England Lions selectors have named a 15-player squad for the upcoming four-day series against South Africa A.
Warwickshire’s Dan Mousley will captain the team which will play South Africa A in two four-day matches at Arundel (May 22-25) and Beckenham (May 29-June 1).
England Lions 15-player four-day squad:
Dan Mousley (Warwickshire – captain)
Charlie Allison (Essex)
Henry Crocom
England Women 211-9 beat New Zealand Women 210 all out by 1 wicket
First-time captain Charlie Dean led the way with bat and ball to secure a nail-biting opening win of the summer for England Women at their first attempt.
With debutant Tilly Corteen-Coleman for company at the other end, Dean’s 31 not out masterminded a one-wicket win with just 10 balls remaining in the first Metro Bank ODI ag
England Women’s selectors have today announced their 15-player squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
The Blaze’s Nat Sciver-Brunt has been named as captain and will lead the squad on home soil at her seventh T20 World Cup.
Sciver-Brunt is joined in the squad by uncapped 18-year-old Surrey spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Warwickshire’s Issy Wong and Durham’s Lauren Filer who are all select
Hundreds of thousands of children across the UK picked up a bat and ball today, as schools came together for the biggest single day of cricket participation the country has ever seen · Schools Cricket Day marks 50 days to go to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which is set to inspire the next generation of players · England Women and International cricket superstar Heather Knight wa
Former England Men’s batter and National Selector Ed Smith is to be appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the ECB Board from October 1, 2026.
Smith will bring additional international cricket experience to the Board having served as National Selector from 2018 until 2021, a period which saw the England Men’s team win the ICC Men’s World Cup in 2019.
During a 12-year playing career, Smith
Tom Abell praised England’s Headingley hero Jack Leach after the spinner was again involved in an important late partnership to this time get Somerset over the line in a tense Rothesay County Championship win at Hampshire.
Abell was named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after he hit the winning runs and reached his century to send Somerset 15 points clear at the top of Division
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Castore have today unveiled the new collection of England Cricket kits and training wear to be worn by all three England teams across 2026.
New ODI, IT20 and training kit will be worn by the England Women’s, England Men’s and England Men’s Mixed Disability teams in a huge summer that includes the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Both the IT20 and ODI k
Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol saw him named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.
McKinney hit a magnificent 244 from 272 balls in Durham’s first-innings score of 605-5 declared, setting the match up for the bowlers to take the 20 wickets need
