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  • England Men to begin summer against top-ranked New Zealand

    England Men begin summer with LV= Insurance Test Series against New Zealand Three-match Vitality IT20 Series included into Sri Lanka’s tour of England and Wales
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England Men will start their home international summer with a LV= Insurance Test Series against New Zealand.
    Joe Root’s team will play two LV= Insurance Test Matches agai

  • ​National Selectors name Test squad for first and second Tests in India

    The England National Selectors have named a 16-strong squad and six travelling reserves for the first and second Test matches against India starting on Friday 5th February at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
    England Men’s Test Squad:
    Joe Root (Yorkshire) (captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamsh

  • CDC revise Somerset sanction ahead of remodelled LV= Insurance County Championship

    The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has revised Somerset County Cricket Club’s sanction for breaching the ECB Pitch Regulations.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Somerset CCC jointly requested that the CDC reconsider the points deduction imposed in view of the remodelled 2021 LV= Insurance County Championship format.
    A CDC Panel subsequently determined how the sanction will

  • England and international stars sign up for The Hundred

    Bairstow, Gordon, Malan and Roy retained Overseas stars Du Preez, Kapp, Lee, Nabi, Narine and Tryon confirmed The final retained players for the men’s competition will be announced on 4 Feb deadline day
    A host of star names have put pen to paper to play in The Hundred this year, with over 100 players now confirmed for the new, action-packed 100-ball competition.
    Welsh Fire have confi

  • ECB and LV= General Insurance launch multi-year partnership

    LV= General Insurance to become the title partner for England Men’s and Women’s domestic Test Series – including the 2023 Ashes Series – and the County Championship for the next three years Today’s announcement follows last November’s launch of #Funds4Runs, a £1million joint investment between the ECB and LV= General Insurance to support focus areas of the grassroots cricket community impacted by

  • England Women to tour Pakistan in October

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today confirmed that England Women will tour Pakistan in October, taking part in two IT20s and three ODIs.
    Heather Knight's team will be making their first-ever trip to Pakistan, and will be alongside the England Men's white-ball team, with the two IT20s played as double-headers in Karachi on 14 and 15 October.
    Englan

  • Media Statement

    Following PCR tests administered on arrival at the airport in Hambantota on Sunday 3rd January, The England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that Moeen Ali has tested positive for COVID-19.
    Ali will now observe a period of 10-days self-isolation, in accordance with the Sri Lanka Government’s protocol on quarantine.
    Chris Woakes has been deemed as a possible close contact, and he will obse

  • ​Virtual Media Conference - James Anderson

    Please find the virtual media conference with England Test bowler James Anderson as the England men’s Test team settles into their base in Hambantota ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting on 14 January in Galle.
    The England players and management are currently self-isolating in individual hotel rooms until they receive their second PCR test tomorrow morning. If all test

  • British Empire Medals for coaching and umpiring inspiration and cricket club volunteers in New Year’s Honours

    ECB’s Chief Operating Officer David Mahoney also honoured with MBE for services to sport
    Inspirational coach and one of cricket’s first South Asian female umpires, Salma Bi, has been honoured for her services to cricket and diversity in sport in this year’s New Year’s Honours.
    Salma is the first British Muslim woman to play county cricket for Worcestershire, and also represented Marylebon

  • England and local stars sign up for Southern Brave

    Southern Brave today announced the signing of 13 players ahead of The Hundred launching in 2021.
    World Cup winners Anya Shrubsole and Danielle Wyatt will be lining up on the south coast for the women’s squad, while England internationals Liam Dawson, James Vince and Chris Jordan are among those confirmed for the men’s squad.
    They will join up with global stars Jofra Archer and Stafanie Taylo

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