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  • Tilly Corteen-Coleman named in England Women's T20 World Cup Squad

    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

  • History made as over 236,000 children take part in UK's biggest ever schools cricket day ahead of Women's T20 World Cup

    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

  • Ed Smith to be appointed to ECB Board as Non-Executive Director

    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

  • ‘I’m playing as well as I ever have’ – Abell wins Rothesay Player of the Round

    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

  • England Cricket and Castore unveil kits for 2026

    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

  • Double-centurion McKinney receives Player of the Round accolade

    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

  • ICC announces record prize money pot as ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Trophy Tour gets underway

    Overall prize pot of $8,764,615 increases by 10% from the 2024 edition Winners take home $2,340,000 and runners-up $ 1,170,000; assured prize money of $247,500 for all 12 participating teams Trophy Tour with DP World launches with projection onto the iconic Lord’s Pavilion; Trophy to embark on a trip around key European cities and finishes with tours in host cities Catch the spirit of the IC

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