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  • UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): ECB LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S & GIRLS’ PLATFORM WE GOT GAME TO TURBOCHARGE THE PROFILE OF WOMEN’S CRICKET

    UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): LINK TO ALL ASSETS AND CONTENT - https://we.tl/t-A2VHsHME5D

    As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 kicks off in New Zealand, and England Women look to defend their title, We Got Game goes live with a standalone Instagram channel and content inspired by both professional and grassroots players

    We Got Game is a new platform designed to e

  • New coaching appointments confirmed for England Disability Teams

    The England Disability Cricket Performance programme has made several new appointments ahead of the 2022 season.
    Former Assistant Coach for the England Learning Disability Squad, Ben Silver, has been recruited as permanent Head Coach of the England Physical Disability Squad. The Leicester-born Silver has worked extensively with Leicestershire County Cricket Club's women's programme in the past

  • Top players are back and playing in The Hundred this summer

    The countdown to The Hundred is on as the first players signed up for this year’s competition are revealed today ahead of another explosive summer of world-class sport and family-friendly entertainment.
    Today’s deadline day sees all eight men’s and women’s teams reveal which players from last year’s inaugural competition they are keeping hold of for 2022.
    Over 150 men’s and women’s player

  • Essex CCC charged with breach of ECB Directive

    Essex County Cricket Club (Essex CCC) has today been charged in relation to an alleged racist comment made in 2017 at an Essex CCC Executive Board meeting, and the subsequent failure by Essex CCC to conduct an appropriate, or any, investigation into the alleged racist comment.
    The club has been charged with a breach of ECB Directive 3.3 which reads as follows:
    "No Participant may conduct the

  • England Women to host South Africa and India in 2022

    England Women will host South Africa and India in the summer of 2022, with visits to Lord's and the Riverside Ground.
    South Africa will be the first visitors from June-July, competing in a multi-format series which takes in an LV= Insurance Test match, three Royal London Internationals and three Vitality IT20s.
    After the Commonwealth Games and The Hundred, India will be the opponents for thr

  • ECB lifts suspension on Yorkshire County Cricket Club hosting internationals subject to key requirements being met

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has lifted the suspension on Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) hosting international and major cricket matches at Headingley. The decision follows a rigorous review of progress made against several criteria set out in November 2021 to tackle racism at the club.

    The Board acknowledged the hard work and good progress made by the Club but made their

  • England Women announce ICC Women's World Cup Squad

    England Women have announced their squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup in New Zealand.
    Fifteen players have been chosen to try and retain the trophy that Heather Knight’s team lifted at Lord’s in 2017, alongside two travelling reserves.
    England Women’s Squad
    Heather Knight (Western Storm, cap)
    Tammy Beaumont (Lightning)
    Katherine Brunt (Northern Diamonds)
    Freya Davies (South Eas

  • Selection panel names England Men's Test squad for the tour of the Caribbean

    England Men's selection panel, consisting of Sir Andrew Strauss (interim managing director of England Men's Cricket), interim head coach Paul Collingwood and head scout James Taylor, have named a 16-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of the Caribbean starting next month.
    England Men's Test squad
    Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
    Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
    Zak Crawley (Kent)
    Ma

  • Cricket Discipline Commission Hearing – Alex Davies

    On 3 February, a Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel imposed a five-match ban on Alex Davies in relation to the player’s historic social media posts.

    Mr Davies, who had been charged with breaching ECB Directives 3.3 and 3.4, will serve an immediate one-match ban with the other four matches suspended for a two-year period from the date of the Hearing. He was also fined £1,500.
    The C

  • Australia Women win Women's Ashes 12-4

    Australia Women 164-2 beat England Women 163 by 8 wickets

    Australia Women won the final ODI at Junction Oval to take a clean-sweep in the ODI leg of the multi-format series and finish up 12-4 winners in the Women's Ashes.
    Meg Lanning's side knocked off England's total of 163 for the loss of two wickets.
    The England Women's team travel to New Zealand for the ICC Women's World Cup on Fe

  • Paul Collingwood named Interim Head Coach for West Indies Test series

    England Men's Assistant Coach Paul Collingwood has been appointed Interim Head Coach for next month's three-match Test tour of the Caribbean.
    Collingwood, who took charge of England's T20 tour of the West Indies last month, is currently taking a break in Barbados before joining the touring party when they arrive in Antigua on 25 February, said:
    "I am genuinely excited to be leading the Test

  • Australia Women win Ashes outright after ODI victory

    Australia Women 131-5 beat England Women 129 by five wickets
    Australia Women won the second ODI to win the Women's Ashes outright after a disappointing performance from England Women in Melbourne.
    The hosts bowled out Heather Knight's team for 129 and chased the total down for the loss of five wickets.
    The result means Australia Women go 10-4 up in the multi-format series with one match l

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