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  • ​2020 Domestic Cricket Journalism Award winners announced

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the 2020 Domestic Cricket Journalism Award winners with The Cricketer securing two honours.
    The Cricketer won the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket award for a third successive year while its journalist Nick Friend was judged the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Journalist of the Year.
    Wisden’s Taha Hashim and ESPN Cricinf

  • England stars bowled over by vaccine rollout

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, took part in a virtual discussion with a selection of the England Men's cricket team’s brightest stars, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan and Sam Curran, answering their questions around the Covid-19 vaccine Cricket commentator, Isa Guha, hosted the discussion and was also joined by Professor Nick Peirce, Chief Medical Officer of the England and W

  • England Women secure IT20 series clean-sweep

    England Women beat New Zealand by 32 runs
    England Women won the final IT20 in New Zealand to secure a 3-0 series victory.
    Important contributions from Sophia Dunkley - batting at No.4 in the absence of injured captain Heather Knight - and Fran Wilson took stand-in skipper Nat Sciver's side to 129-9.
    In reply the wickets were shared around but Katherine Brunt set the tone with two wickets

  • Freya Davies takes four as England Women seal series

    England Women beat New Zealand Women by six wickets
    Freya Davies took four wickets as England Women won the second IT20 against New Zealand in Wellington and claimed the series.
    New Zealand were in a threatening position at 84-2 before two wickets in two balls from Sarah Glenn turned the tide.
    Davies then took three in her final three overs as the hosts were dismissed for 120.
    Tammy Be

  • Cindy Butts Appointed as Chair of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket

    The Board of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has taken a significant step toward ensuring cricket is a game for everyone with the appointment of Cindy Butts to establish and chair the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, which will examine issues relating to race and equity in the game.
    Ms Butts has extensive experience in senior roles spanning governance, inclusion and equit

  • Glenn guides England to comfy IT20 win

    England Women beat New Zealand by seven wickets
    England Women won the first IT20 against New Zealand in Wellington.
    The bowlers did the bulk of the hard work, dismissing the hosts for just 96. The wickets were shared around, but leg-spinner Sarah Glenn was awarded Player of the Match for her figures of 2-11.
    Heather Knight's team encountered few difficulties chasing down the target, losin

  • New England Men's Coaches announced

    ECB have today announced a number of new appointments in the England men’s pathway.
    In one of three elite coaching appointments, Former England and Somerset batter Marcus Trescothick has been confirmed as Elite Batting Coach. Trescothick has experience working with the group and will take up the new role in the middle of March. He will step down from his role as Assistant Coach at Somerset CCC

  • Satterthwaite ton sees New Zealand win final ODI

    New Zealand Women beat England Women by seven wickets
    New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite scored an unbeaten hundred as New Zealand won the final match of the ODI series.
    England were indebted to Tammy Beaumont (88*) and Heather Knight (60) for their total of 220, which captain Heather Knight judged to be 30-40 short after the game.
    It ends England Women's run of 10 consecutive all-format vic

  • Beaumont and Sciver lead England Women to series win

    England Women beat New Zealand by seven wickets 
    Fifties from Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver took England to a seven-wicket win in the second ODI against New Zealand in Dunedin, and with it a series victory.
    Lisa Keightley's team have now won 10 games in a row across all formats.
    Please find below a video interview with Player of the Match Nat Sciver - who also took 3-26 - which you’re wel

  • ​PRESS RELEASE: THIS SUMMER’S MUST-SEE SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENT ANNOUNCES ONE HUNDRED ROLES FOR UP AND COMING TALENT: INTRODUCING THE HUNDRED RISING

    Please download all video and image assets for The Hundred Rising here. Including imagery of Vick Hope, video of Vick Hope introducing The Hundred Rising and explaining why the programme is so important, and graphic video explainer.
    The Hundred throws its doors wide open to rising talent to help make the action-packed competition come to life
    ●The Hundred – a new 100-ball cricket competition

  • CRICKETING SUPERSTARS JOIN THE HUNDRED

    MORE of the best players in world cricket have been signed up to play in The Hundred, the new fast-paced family-friendly 100-ball cricket competition which launches this summer.
    Thirty five men’s players have been revealed after being chosen out of more than 500 overseas and English players vying for a place in the competition. Alongside this, a further eight English and eight Australian star w

  • England Women win first ODI in New Zealand

    England Women beat New Zealand Women by eight wickets
    England Women won the first ODI of their tour of New Zealand by eight wickets. There were fifties for Tammy Beaumont (71) - awarded Player of the Match - and captain Heather Knight (67*).
    The wickets were shared around, with seven bowlers each claiming a scalp, but it was Tash Farrant -  making her first ODI appearance in just over seven

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