The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the updated Central Contract list for England Men’s international cricket.
A total of 30 players have been awarded England Men’s Central Contracts - comprising 14 England Two-Year Central Contracts, 12 England Annual Central Contracts, and four England Development Contracts.
England Men Centrally Contracted Players 2025–26
England Tw
The Hundred will host its first auction in March 2026 as a number of changes are implemented to the player selection model and salaries ahead of the competition’s sixth year.
The changes have come through The Hundred Playing Working Group, which is comprised of representatives from all eight teams, the PCA and the ECB, and have been agreed by The Hundred Board.
In addition to the shift to an
South Africa Women 319-7 beat England Women 194 by 125 runs
England Women's ICC Women's World Cup tournament came to an end at the semi-final stage at the hands of South Africa.
Laura Wolvaardt made a majestic 169 for her team to set an imposing 319-7, a target that England never threatened to reach.
They fell initially to 1-3, before being bowled out for 194, captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and
England Women 172-2 beat New Zealand Women 168 by eight wickets
England Women signed off from the group stages of the ICC Women's World Cup with a resounding eight-wicket win over New Zealand in Visakhapatnam.
New Zealand batted first but struggled to get going, nobody passing 43 in an innings that saw England forced to use seven bowlers after Sophie Ecclestone left the field with an injury
The England Lions will play eight white-ball matches against Pakistan Shaheens in Abu Dhabi in early 2026.
The series will consist of three T20s and five 50-over matches. It will be the first time the Lions have played an away white-ball series since touring Sri Lanka in February 2023.
The opening T20 will be played on Friday 20 February, before the five-match 50-over series begins on Friday
Australia Women 248-4 beat England Women 244-9 by six wickets
Ash Gardner and Annabel Sutherland put on 180 for the fifth wicket at Indore to help Australia Women preserve their unbeaten run at the ICC Women's World Cup and inflict upon England their first defeat of the competition.
England were asked to bat first and made 244-9, thanks to 78 from Tammy Beaumont and a partnership of 61 betwe
The ECB is today publishing an external safeguarding case review into the crimes of Michael Strange, related to his role as a cricket coach in north east England in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Strange has been convicted of 34 separate sex offences of underage boys, involving ten separate victims, between 1993 and 2004.
Strange was suspended from all cricket in 2005 when the ECB was informed o
