Durham have accepted a 10-point deduction from the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) after batter Nic Maddinson admitted a breach of ECB Directives 3.2 and 3.3.
Maddinson used a bat which failed a bat-gauge test during Durham’s LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire on 6 September 2022.
The CDC considered the points put in mitigation by Durham CCC and Maddinson, that th
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is today (29 September 2022) setting out the continued progress that cricket is making in its commitment to promote equity, diversity and inclusion at all levels of the game.
Since the announcement of cricket’s game-wide action plan in November 2021, the ECB has continued to work with County organisations and other partners to combat racism and ensure t
India Women 169 beat England Women 153 by 19 runs
India Women won the final Royal London International at Lord's to seal a 3-0 series win.
Kate Cross took 4-26 as England's bowlers did a fine job to bowl India out for 169, but in reply England faltered and fell 19 runs short, despite a fine, spirited 47 from Charlie Dean.
It left India - celebrating Jhulan Goswami's final game after 20 ye
Dream Big Desi Women programme has now recruited and trained over 2,000 South Asian female cricket volunteers Culmination of a four-year, £2.4 million Sport England-funded programme, delivered by The ECB Volunteers deliver cricket programmes for children across urban areas, giving opportunities for thousands more youngsters to get involved in the sport Celebration of programme’s success taking p
Final report features 17 recommendations to enable sustained success for England men’s teams and a thriving domestic game ECB Board and Executive endorse all recommendations in final report 15 of the 17 recommendations fall to the ECB to implement Decisions over proposals for changes to the men’s domestic competitions and schedule will be for the First-Class Counties to decide upon Review recomme
India Women 333-5 beat England Women 245 by 88 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur's 143 not out led India to a series win in the second Royal London International at Canterbury.
After putting India into bat, England's bowlers kept things tight initially before Kaur, Harleen Doel (58) and Smriti Mandhana (40) took India to the very imposing total of 333-5.
It was always going to be tough for England t
England Women will take on Australia Women at Lord’s, the Kia Oval, Edgbaston, The Ageas Bowl, Trent Bridge, the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, and Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, in 2023 as both the Men’s and Women’s Ashes come to England and Wales.
Ben Stokes’s team will host Ireland at Lord’s in the first week of June before the 73rd LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes series gets underway at
India Women 232-3 beat England Women 226-7 by 7 wickets
Smriti Mandhana's 91 saw India to victory in the first Royal London International at Hove.
After being asked to bat first, England posted 227 in the first innings thanks in main to Alice Davidson-Richards' maiden ODI half-century. Cameos from Sophie Ecclestone (31), Sophia Dunkley (29) and Charlie Dean (29*) gave Amy Jones's team someth
Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp have earned their first call-ups to England Women’s ODI squad for the Royal London Series against India.
A squad of 15 has been named for the three-match series, which will be England’s first fixtures in the new ICC Women’s Championship cycle, with points leading to qualification for the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2025.
Amy Jones will continue to lead the side in th
Following a tender process, Nottinghamshire CCC has been announced as the Regional Host for the East Midlands in the Women’s Regional Structure.
From November 1, Nottinghamshire CCC will replace Loughborough University who have been one of the eight Regional Hosts since the structure came into place in 2019.
In conjunction with the ECB, Loughborough University have decided that the future de
England Women 126-3 beat India Women 122-8 by seven wickets
Alice Capsey's unbeaten 38 guided England Women to victory at Bristol and with it secured a 2-1 series win in the Vitality IT20 series for Amy Jones's depleted team.
The bowlers put in a fine team performance to restrict India to 122-8. Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the attack with 3-25 and she was awarded Player of the Match, b
India Women 146-2 beat England Women 142-6 by eight wickets
India Women levelled the Vitality IT20 series at Derby with a resounding eight-wicket win, despite a record-breaking half-century for 17-year-old Freya Kemp.
England opted to bat first but got off to a poor start, falling to 54-5. Kemp and Maia Bouchier (34), teammates at Southern Vipers, put on 64 for the sixth wicket to take the h
