Former Australia batsman Simon Katich will coach the men’s Manchester-based team for the inaugural season of The Hundred.
Katich, 43, is the first coach to be confirmed for the eight-team cricket tournament, which begins in July 2020. He will be assisted by current Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple and assistant coach Mark Chilton.
He played 56 Tests for Australia, scoring more than 4,000 r
Close game goes the way of Meg Lanning's Australia.
On Saturday 29 June, eleven young competition winners enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime training session with the England Women’s team ahead of the Ashes at England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough University.
Mark Robinson and Heather Knight select 14 for first Royal London Women's ODI.
David Parsons will leave his role in July after 19 years with the ECB
The Women's Ashes gets underway on Tuesday July 2 at the Fischer County Ground, Leicester.
The first Royal London Women's ODI starts at 2pm.
England will announce their squad for the Royal London Women's ODI Series at 9am on Saturday June 29.
The following media opportunities are available, for both England and Australia.
Sunday June 30 (Fischer County Ground, Leicester)
9.45am: An
Steve Elworthy will take role as Director of Special Projects at the ECB after the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today celebrated the opening of the new Urban Cricket Centre, ‘Leyton Cricket Hub’, just over a year on from the launch of the South Asian Action Plan.
Four uncapped players are named in the 15-man squad for the Physical Disabilty World Series
Danni Wyatt scores 81 as England beat the West Indies by 42 runs in 2nd Vitality IT20 in Northampton
The ECB has charged Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore with bringing the game into disrepute. Each player has been charged with a breach of ECB Directive 3.3. ECB Directive 3.3 states: “No Participant may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or omission at any time which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any Cricketer or group
Linsey Smith comes back into the squad.
