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Sam Hain's unbeaten century helped England Lions' tour of Australia get off to a winning start, with a six-wicket win over a Cricket Australia XI at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast.
Warwickshire's Hain and Sussex's Laurie Evans, on his Lions debut, shared a 154-run stand for the fourth wicket as England recovered from 32 for three to chase down the target of 282.
Electing to ba
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England Women beat Australia in a Super Over in Canberra to get their first win of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series and their first under new Head Coach Lisa Keightley.
Captain Heather Knight was the hero, recording her second career-best performance in two days - rescuing her side from 39/3 with an excellent 45-ball 78.
She was given great company by Fran Wilson who batt
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George Balderson put in a captain’s performance to help England to victory over Zimbabwe in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Kimberley, South Africa.
Balderson scored an unbeaten 45 from 30 balls batting at number eight and picked up three wickets in Zimbabwe’s reply as England won by 75 runs.
Batting first, England scored 286 from their 50 overs thanks to an almost run-a-bal
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Despite a Player of the Match performance from captain Heather Knight, England fell to defeat in the opening game of the Commbank Tri-Series.
England took it deep, with India sealing the win in the final over of their reply - Harmanpreet Kaur taking her side past England's 147/7 - and despite the defeat they'll have been proud of the fight they displayed.
It was a difficul
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the three-match IT20 series against South Africa starting next month.
Archer returned to the UK on Tuesday evening and will focus his time on getting fit after sustaining soreness to his right elbow, which forced him out of the last three Tests against the Proteas.
The right-arm quick managed one appearance on the red-ball leg of the
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced today the introduction of the England Pace Bowling Development Contracts. Three players are the first recipients - Saqib Mahmood – Lancashire, Craig Overton – Somerset and Olly Stone – Warwickshire.
Under the terms of the new contracts, personnel from the ECB’s National Performance Centre will provide more contact time with a group of high po
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England Women started their tour of Australia with victory in a warm-up fixture over an ACT XI in Canberra.
Danni Wyatt was the stand-out performer for Lisa Keightley’s side, scoring 77 from the top of the order as England posted 191/7.
Despite losing early wickets, the ACT XI reply kept England honest. Claire Koski and Maddie Penna put on 60 for the fifth wicket, with Kos
Dom Bess, Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley will join up with the England Lions squad for the red-ball leg of their tour of Australia.
The trio were named in the original Lions squad before Christmas, with their situations monitored over recent weeks as their playing time with the senior team increased.
All three have starred in England’s series win against South Africa. Sibley scored his maiden T
Dan Mousley smashed 57 off 36 balls as England cruised to victory over Japan in the ICC U19 World Cup Plate quarter-final in Potchefstroom.
Japan set England 94 to win, with the Young Lions reaching the total in the 12th over for the loss of a single wicket.
Scott Currie and Hamidullah Qadri each took three wickets, with Joey Evison taking two in balls in the 30th over. Lewis Goldsworthy co
Four wickets each from George Hill and Hamidullah Qadri helped England comfortably defeat Nigeria at the ICC U19 World Cup in Kimberley, South Africa.
With neither team able to progress to the Super League stage from Group B, England made four changes to their team, bringing in Hill, Sam Young, Scott Currie and Harry Duke to replace Ben Charlesworth, Jack Haynes, Blake Cullen and Kasey Aldridg
England suffered an agonising final-ball defeat to Australia in their second match of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, leaving the Young Lions unable to qualify from Group B.
Having been put into bat, England openers Ben Charlesworth and Jordan Cox started well, taking the score to 67 before Cox returned a catch to spinner Todd Murphy to fall for 25.
Tom Clark departed three overs later havin
The eight women's teams taking part in The Hundred have announced their first wave of domestic signings, with Alex Hartley, Sophia Dunkley, Mady Villiers, Katie Levick and Sarah Glenn amongst the names.
The first group of domestic players announced by the new teams include players who have represented England, others who are currently part of the England Women's Academy, as well as many who
