New research published by the ECB highlights the health of cricket in England and Wales following growth in the number of fans, players, match attendances and TV viewers over recent years.
The data was shared with representatives from the wider cricket community at the ECB’s 2023 AGM which was held at Emirates Old Trafford today. Key findings include:
13 million people describe themselve
World Cup-winning England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE and sports development expert Pete Ackerley have been appointed to the ECB Board as Cricket Non-Executive Directors.
They fill the final two vacancies on the Board, and their appointments will be ratified at tomorrow’s ECB Annual General Meeting.
Ebony won the ICC Women’s World Cup and the ICC World T20 with England in 2009, pl
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) can confirm that fast bowler Jofra Archer will return from the Indian Premier League with immediate effect.
Archer has been recovering from right elbow surgery. However, pushing through the discomfort whilst recently playing, hoping it will settle, has proven challenging. Therefore, it has been agreed for him to return to the UK for a period of rest a
Katherine Sciver-Brunt has announced her retirement from international cricket. The right-arm seamer, who made her England debut in 2004, has played 267 times for her country, taking 335 wickets across all formats.
In that time Sciver-Brunt has won three World Cups and four Ashes series and topped the wicket-taking charts for England Women in both IT20 and ODI cricket.
Sciver-Brunt said:
Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the full match schedule for the West Indies Men’s 2023 International Home Series against England in December 2023. The tour begins with a three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series, followed by five T20 Internationals (T20Is). The current ICC Men’s ODI and T20I world champions, England will visit Antigua, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad in th
Following a request from Sri Lanka Cricket due to the confirmation of the women’s cricket tournament at the 2023 Asian Games, the England & Wales Cricket Board have mutually agreed to a schedule change to the England Women’s white-ball home series against Sri Lanka planned for September.
The series will commence with three Vitality IT20s on Thursday 31 August at The 1stCentral County Gr
Penny Avis, Baroness Zahida Manzoor CBE, Jennifer Owen Adams and Gareth Williams will all add their expertise to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after being appointed its newest Non-Executive Directors.
The three-year appointments follow the loss of Brenda Trenowden CBE, who passed away in August 2022, and a number of current Board members leaving the Board at the forthcoming Annu
Rado has today announced a new partnership to become the Official Timing Partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The multi-year collaboration will see Rado become Official Timing Partner across all international fixtures for England men’s and women’s cricket.
Rado is the first Official Timing Partner of the ECB and brings together these two iconic brands, England Crick
The ECB notes the publication today of the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel’s decisions in relation to the ECB’s charges against Yorkshire County Cricket Club and seven individuals. The independent Panel has made its decisions following the hearing that took place between 1 and 7 March 2023.
The CDC Panel’s decisions come following a long, complex and detailed investigation which s
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has today published its decisions in relation to charges brought by the ECB against Yorkshire CCC and a number of individuals.
Each of Tim Bresnan, John Blain, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Richard Pyrah have been found liable for a breach of ECB Directive 3.3 for their alleged use of racist and/or discriminatory language.
Michael Vaughan has been f
Taha Hashim has won the coveted Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Cricket Journalist of the Year following the announcement of the 2022 ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards.
The awards, which are judged by a panel of cricket journalists and broadcasters from across the world, also saw the Liverpool Echo scoop two prizes while The Cricketer Online won the Outstanding Online coverage for a f
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