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  • Media Invite: Transforming Women's And Girls' Cricket

    In January, we launched Inspiring Generations – cricket’s strategy for 2020-24.
    During the development of Inspiring Generations, and the extensive consultation process conducted across the game, the strong appetite to transform cricket’s relationship with women and girls was abundantly clear. There is a tremendous enthusiasm across the cricket network to increase the representation of wom

  • ​Record-setting summer for Vitality Blast

    This weekend’s Vitality Blast Finals Day will provide a showpiece event in a domestic summer in which nearly 1.5 million fans will have attended county cricket.

  • Greenway and Moody join The Hundred

    Lydia Greenway and Tom Moody have been appointed as the head coaches of the Oval-based team for The Hundred next summer.
    Moody has established a reputation as one of the world’s pre-eminent coaches at international and domestic level having led Sri Lanka to the 2007 ICC Men’s World Cup final and more recently coaching Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first Indian Premier League title in 2016.
    Gr

  • Birmingham confirm Sawyer as Women’s Team Head Coach for The Hundred

    Ben Sawyer, coach of the two-time Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) winners Sydney Sixers, has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Birmingham Women’s team in The Hundred.
    Sawyer, 40, is Assistant Coach and a fast bowling specialist for the Australia women’s team and has enjoyed a glittering coaching career with Sydney Sixers, having led them to all four WBBL finals and winning the competition

  • Unforgettable international summer set to inspire a generation

    A memorable summer of international cricket concluded on Sunday with England securing victory in the final Specsavers men’s Ashes Test at the Kia Oval to claim a 2-2 series draw against Australia.
    Captain Joe Root’s Test team confirmed their fighting qualities with the 135-run victory after Australia retained the Ashes urn at Emirates Old Trafford.
    The drawn men’s Ashes series caps a remarka

  • Sir Andrew Strauss appointed Chair of ECB’s Cricket Committee

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Sir Andrew Strauss has been appointed Chair of its Cricket Committee.
    He will lead the Committee in helping to ensure there is a thriving professional game at the heart of the sport. This includes monitoring and developing the delivery of Men’s Professional Cricket, Women’s Professional Cricket, Disability Cricket, National Counties

  • Briggs and Fleming join The Hundred

    Salliann Briggs and Stephen Fleming have been appointed as head coaches for the Nottingham-based team in The Hundred.
    Former New Zealand captain Fleming is the most successful coach in the history of the Indian Premier League, winning three titles with the Chennai Super Kings. He returns to Trent Bridge where he skippered Nottinghamshire to the 2005 County Championship title.
    Grimsby-born Br

  • England name unchanged squad for Specsavers fifth Ashes Test

    England National Cricket Selectors have named an unchanged 13-strong squad for the 5th Specsavers Ashes Test match against Australia at The Kia Oval starting on Thursday, September 12.
    England fifth Test squad versus Australia:
    Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
    Jofra Archer (Sussex)
    Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
    Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
    Rory Burns (Surrey)
    Jos Buttler (Lancashir

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