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  • Career best for Lauren Bell as England Women seal ODI Series

    England Women 260-10 beat West Indies Women 118-10 by 142 runs.
    Lauren Bell bowled career-best figures of 4-33 and vice-captain Amy Jones scored 70* to take CG United One-Day International Series in Antigua 2-0.
    England's batters did well to reach 260 with Sophia Dunkley scoring a needed 57 at the top of the order supported by captain Heather Knight (25) and Tammy Beaumont (21) before Jones

  • Sciver 90 guides England Women to first ODI victory in West Indies

    England Women 307-7 beat West Indies Women 165-10 by 142 runs.
    England Women made a comfortable start to their series in the West Indies taking the first SG United One-Day International fixture in Antigua.
    West Indies opted to put England in to bat where the returning Nat Sciver (90) and Danni Wyatt (68) took full advantage setting the away side up nicely to break the 300 mark.

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  • Grounds Managers share prestigious annual award

    There was an unprecedented five-way tie for the top honour at 2022 Grounds Manager of the Year Awards, which were staged at the County Ground at Northampton recently.

    The coveted Bernard Flack Memorial Trophy was shared by Gary Barwell (Edgbaston), Lee Fortis (The Kia Oval), Adrian Llong (The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury); Karl McDermott (Lord’s) and Andy Ward (Uptonsteel County

  • ECB announce schedule for 2023 domestic season

    LV= Insurance County Championship returns April 6, in the same format as last year – each county will play 14 fixtures. The fixture list for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy has doubled, with 14 50-over fixtures per season for each women’s regional team. Vitality Blast starts with Vitality Blast Off at Edgbaston on May 20, with Finals Day on July 15 once again a sell-out. The Charlotte Edwards Cup

  • ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners join forces, taking cricket to hundreds more schools this year

    Through inclusive programmes being rolled out by the ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners, cricket will be taken directly to those children who are at the greatest risk of missing out on playing the game.

    More than 55,000 extra children from underserved communities, and those attending special educational needs and disability schools, are being given the chance to play cricket through

  • Rehan Ahmed added to England Men’s Test Squad

    Leicestershire leg-spinning allrounder Rehan Ahmed has been officially added to England Men’s Test squad for the tour of Pakistan.
    The 18-year-old, who has been with the Lions in their red-ball training camp in the UAE and is currently playing in the three-day warm-up fixture against the England Test squad in Abu Dhabi, has impressed coaches with his attitude and genuine potential to be given h

  • Edgbaston to host Vitality Blast Off


    The 2023 Vitality Blast is set to start in spectacular style with Edgbaston to host Vitality Blast Off on Saturday 20 May.
    Vitality Blast Off is set to give fans their first opportunity to watch some of England’s newly-crowned men’s T20 world champions in action with a double-header that will feature Birmingham Bears against Yorkshire Vikings and Derbyshire Falcons up against la

  • Luke Wright joins selection team as England Men’s Selector

    Former England and Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright has been appointed England Men’s Selector, joining the group responsible for picking national Men’s squads.

    Wright will input into all England Men’s squads and team selections from senior teams to Lions and Young Lions. He will share responsibility for selection with coaches and captains of the red and white ball teams, England Men’s Managin

  • Winfield-Hill recalled to England Women IT20 squad

    England Women have named squads for the ODI and IT20 series in West Indies, with Northern Diamonds opening batter Lauren Winfield-Hill recalled to the IT20 squad.
    Captain Heather Knight is back after surgery on a hip injury, while all-rounders Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt both return having opted to take breaks from the game in the summer.
    The 19 players selected will travel out on Novemb

  • Jon Lewis announced as England Women Head Coach

    Jon Lewis has been appointed as Head Coach of England Women.
    Lewis has been ECB’s Elite Pace Bowling Coach since 2021, working alongside the England Men’s Test and white-ball teams. He was previously Head Coach of the Young Lions, having joined the ECB from the coaching staff at Sussex CCC.
    Before that, Lewis took over 1,200 professional wickets in a 19-year professional career at Gloucester

  • The Hundred breaks new ground in professional UK women’s sport with first-ever women’s player draft

    The Hundred breaks new ground in professional UK women’s sport with first-ever women’s player draft
    In what will be a first in professional UK women’s sport, at least 32 women’s players will be drafted ahead of The Hundred 2023 England and overseas stars will be up for grabs with Welsh Fire taking the first pick The women’s 2023 player selection process will run in three stages: Retentio

  • Former and current players reprimanded by CDC over non-recent social media posts

    The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has published its decision in relation to charges brought against a current and a former player regarding non-recent social media posts.
    Alex Hales and Ateeq Javid admitted their breach of ECB Directive 3.3 which states: “No such person may conduct himself in a manner or do any act or omission which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which

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