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  • ​Virtual Media Conference – Jos Buttler

    Please find England’s virtual media conference with white-ball vice-captain Jos Buttler.
    The England men’s white-ball squad departs the UK later today for their tour of South Africa. England will play three IT20s and three ODIs in Cape Town and Paarl.
    You will find the following files:
    Video and audio files of Jos Buttler’s media conference – DOWNLOAD HERE
    Please credit – ECB.
    Engla

  • World Cup winning skippers stay at London Spirit

    England’s World Cup winning captains Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan will be leading London Spirit women’s and men’s teams respectively in The Hundred next year, it has been announced today. Knight and Morgan will be joined by Naomi Dattani and Dan Lawrence, who have also been retained.
    Eoin and Heather will join the team based at Lord’s, the Home of Cricket, where they both lifted the World Cup

  • ​Bruce French to retire from coaching role

    After 11 years as National Lead Wicketkeeping Coach, Bruce French has retired from his role to spend more time with family.
    The former Nottinghamshire stalwart joined the England & Wales Cricket Board coaching team at the National Cricket Performance Centre in 2009.
    French, who played 16 Tests and 13 ODIs for his country, has been pivotal in the development of England's wicketkeepers ove

  • National Selectors name squads for South Africa white-ball tour

    The England National Selectors have named the squads for the men’s white-ball tour of South Africa.
    The touring party depart on Monday 16 November and will play three IT20s and three ODIs taking place behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment at Newlands, Cape Town and Boland Park, Paarl.
    England Men’s IT20 Squad:
    Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra

  • ​£1million #Funds4Runs initiative launched by ECB and LV= General Insurance to support areas of recreational cricket hit by Covid-19

    England and Wales Cricket Board has partnered with LV= General Insurance to financially support focus areas of the grassroots cricket community that have been impacted by COVID-19 with a £1million investment fund #Funds4Runs will directly help four key areas recover and rebuild - children from deprived backgrounds, diverse communities, disability groups and women and girls’ programmes England st

  • Ron Kalifa to Join ECB Board

    Lucy Pearson and Martin Darlow re-appointed for additional two-and-a-half-year term
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Ron Kalifa OBE will join the ECB Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
    Ron is a renowned strategic and operational leader in the field of digital and financial services, serving as Chair of Network International, a FTSE company, and of

  • ​Phil Neale to leave administration role with England Cricket

    England Men's Cricket Operations Manager, Phil Neale OBE, is to leave his post at the end of October.
    Neale, who has been in the role since 1999, is to retire after 21 years' service with the England & Wales Cricket Board. During his time with the team, he has served six Head Coaches, 11 Test captains and worked on 257 Test matches, 422 One-Day Internationals and 110 T20 internationals.

  • Maia Bouchier suspended for illegal bowling action

    Southern Vipers all-rounder Maia Bouchier has been suspended from bowling in ECB competitions following an independent assessment of her bowling action conducted at Loughborough University.
    The suspension follows the process set out in the ECB’s Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with a Suspected Illegal Bowling Action.
    Bouchier’s bowling action was reported by the umpires standi

  • JOINT STATEMENT: On behalf of England and Wales Cricket Board and Team England Player Partnership

    England men’s centrally contracted players agree to revised remuneration
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) have reached an agreement on revised remuneration terms for England's men's central contracts for a 12-month period from 1 October 2020.
    In view of the substantial shortfall in the ECB's revenue as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • ​England men’s white-ball team to tour South Africa

    England to play three IT20s and three ODIs from 27 November Matches to take place in Cape Town and Paarl in bio-secure venues Touring party departs on 16 November
    The England men’s Tour of South Africa has been confirmed with three IT20s and three ODIs taking place behind closed doors in Cape Town and Paarl from next month.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa

  • First-Class Counties agree 2021 Men's Domestic Structure

    County Championship set to return next summer in a group-stage format First-Class Counties agree structure for next season only to help mitigate against possible COVID-19 impact Counties have been placed into three seeded Groups of six teams The top two teams in each Group progress to Division One. The Division One winner to be crowned County champions and awarded the Lord’s Taverners trophy Th

  • Sussex CCC sanctioned by Cricket Discipline Commission Panel

    A Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel has deducted 24 points from Sussex CCC’s final Bob Willis Trophy points total.
    Following an incident involving Mitchell Claydon during Sussex CCC’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Middlesex CCC on 23 August, Sussex CCC admitted to breaching ECB Directives 3.3 and 3.7 which state:
    3.3 No Participant may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or

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