England Lions were made to toil in the field as their match against Cricket Australia XI moved towards a draw heading into the final day in Hobart.
The tourists were two seamers down for day three, with captain Lewis Gregory and Richard Gleeson unavailable through injury, but Craig Overton made two early breakthroughs to leave CA XI 174 for four. First he had Jason Sangha trapped in front for
England Lions passed 600 in their first innings against Cricket Australia XI in Hobart, taking two wickets in the reply to leave the visitors well on top.
Resuming on 367/4, with Dan Lawrence 103 not out overnight, the Lions continued the fast pace of scoring. Nightwatchman Dom Bess fell for 15 with the score one shy of 400, with Gloucestershire ‘keeper James Bracey joining Lawrence at the cre
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England Women beat New Zealand by six wickets in their first official warm-up game ahead of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
On a good wicket it was England's bowlers who put them in a position to win the game, restricting New Zealand to just 134/9. Katherine Brunt got England off to a flyer with the dismissal of the dangerous Sophie Devine after just three balls and Anya Shrubsole
Keaton Jennings, Dom Sibley and Dan Lawrence all scored centuries as England Lions racked up 367 runs on day one against Cricket Australia XI in Hobart, Tasmania.
After losing Zak Crawley in the third over, Sibley and Jennings set about their work, adding 184 for the second wicket. Sibley fell midway through the afternoon session, caught by captain Jake Lehmann of Jack Edwards for 103.
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Strong opening days see total ticket sales reach 100,000, alongside those purchased during MCC and county member window
Initial allocation of tickets for Men’s Finals Day at Lord’s now SOLD OUT
A fifth of tickets purchased for under-16s
Tickets for other fixtures remain available until priority window closes on 28 February
Cricket’s newest competition, The Hundred, lau
Eastbourne College will play host to the 2020 ECB David English Bunbury Festival between 2-7 August, bringing together the best U15 schoolboy cricketers from across England and Wales.
The 34th edition of the famous festival heads to the Sussex coast, where squads from the North, Midlands, London & East and South & West will battle it out across 50-over and 20-over competitions.
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been cleared to bowl in ECB competitions after his bowling action passed an independent assessment at the ICC Accredited Testing Centre in Lahore.
The ECB has received the Independent Assessment Report from the re-test, which was conducted on behalf of the ECB, and which found that Hafeez’s action did not exceed the 15-degree elbow extension threshold.
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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
Priority ticket sale now open to all signed up to thehundred.com (12-28 Feb)
Tickets for under 16s £5 for any match
Family of four can attend from £26
Most adult tickets £30 or less
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, with
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 (Surrey)
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
