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Amy Jones found form as England Women ended their CommBank Tri-Series campaign with a consolation victory over Cricket Australia XI.
Having exited the tournament on net run-rate earlier in the week, with all three teams tied on two wins and two losses apiece, Lisa Keightley's side were faced with something of a third/fourth-place play-off, useful primarily for more miles in the l
Tom Abell, Brydon Carse and Tom Kohler-Cadmore will stay in Australia for the England Lions’ three red-ball matches. The retained trio were all part of the one-day squad that went unbeaten in the three completed matches against CA XI and NSW XI.
The Lions play against a Cricket Australia XI in Hobart (15-18 Feb), have a day/night fixture versus Australia A at the MCG (22-25 Feb) and finish aga
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England cricket stars have promised ‘amazing cricket entertainment’ to families that attend The Hundred cricket competition this summer.
The unmissable summer event goes on priority sale this morning, w
England National Cricket Selectors have named a 16-strong squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle International Stadium on March 19 2020.
England Test squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
Dominic Bess (Somerset)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Ben Foakes (Sur
Lewis Gregory scored a quick-fire half-century and took two wickets as he led England Lions to a convincing win over a New South Wales XI to finish the white-ball leg of the tour unbeaten.
Having won the first two games against Cricket Australia XI, the final game of that series and the first match against NSW XI fell victim to the weather, but the Lions showed no signs of rust as they hit 293
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Australia won the final IT20 of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series to see England eliminated on net run-rate.
At the half-way stage England would have been confident of success after an impressive bowling performance restricted the hosts to 132/7, but Australia's spinners utilised a slow, used track very well to win by 16 runs.
Defeat means Heather Knight's side will not participate
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club took home three accolades at the annual Business of Cricket Awards (BOCAs) which was staged at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday night.
The Trent Bridge-based club won The Warmest Welcome Award for the second successive year while also taking home The Inclusivity Award and Blast It Communications Campaign Award.
ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison was in at
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Three wickets for Anya Shrubsole and a half-century for Nat Sciver guided England Women to a four-wicket win over India in their third game of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series.
Shrubsole - back into the side after missing the last game through an injury to her foot - led a disciplined bowling effort that pegged India back after a quick start and saw them finish on 123/6.
In reply,
England fast bowler Jofra Archer underwent further scans on his injured right elbow today in the UK. The scans confirmed that Archer has suffered a low-grade stress fracture of the right elbow.
As a result of the injury, he has been ruled out of England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka and the Indian Premier League 2020 season.
He will now commence an injury rehabilitation programme with the ECB med
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Dan Lawrence put in an all-round performance to help England Lions beat Cricket Australia XI at Metricon Stadium to seal the three-match series with one game to play.
Essex’s Lawrence took four wickets, including three in four balls, as CA XI were bowled out for 179. With the threat of rain in the afternoon, England needed to stay up with the required rate in their chase and ulti
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Dan Mousley hit his first Youth ODI century as England dominated Sri Lanka to win the Plate Final at the ICC U19 World Cup in South Africa, taking victory by 152 runs.
The Warwickshire batsman opened the innings and brought up his century during a 142-run third-wicket partnership with Jack Haynes and helped England to a formidable 279 for seven.
England lost Sam Young in t
Worcestershire wicketkeeper Ben Cox has been called up to the England Lions squad for the remaining four matches of the 50-over series in Australia to replace the injured Tom Moores.
Nottinghamshire’s Moores was injured during training on Sunday and, with the four matches being played in the space of eight days, the decision was made for him to return to England to recover.
The Lions will f
