The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced a £25million increase to its Infrastructure Fund for First-Class Counties (FCCs) over the next five years.
This is in addition to the £50million of FCC infrastructure funding that ECB pledged earlier this year when launching its strategy for 2020-24: Inspiring Generations.
ECB’s Infrastructure Fund, now totalling £75milllion, wil
England’s World Cup triumph, the Specsavers Ashes and Vitality Blast deliver record crowds for cricket in 2019.
England’s World Cup triumph, the Specsavers Ashes and Vitality Blast deliver record crowds for cricket in 2019.
Five potential debutantes travel with the England Learning Disability side on their tour to Australia to play at the INAS Global Games
England Selectors announce 15-man squads for IT20 series and Test series against New Zealand, starting 1st November
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
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.
Central contracts for men's Test and white ball cricket have been announced by the ECB.
Details for the The Vitality Blast Finals Day preview media opportunities, which will be held at Edgbaston on Friday, September 20.
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.
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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
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
