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  • Sussex receive LV= Insurance County Championship points deduction for breaching Professional Conduct Regulations

    Sussex County Cricket Club has received an automatic 12-point deduction in the LV= Insurance County Championship and captain Cheteshwar Pujara a one-match suspension after the club passed the threshold of receiving four fixed penalties in one season, in accordance with the ECB's Professional Conduct Regulations.
    Automatic Points Penalty

    Regulation 4.27 of the Professional Conduct Regula

  • England Men's World Cup squad finalised

    The England Men’s selection panel has finalised the 15-player squad for the 2023 ICC Men’s World Cup.

    The selection panel met following the 3-1 Metro Bank ODI Series win over New Zealand and have drafted Harry Brook into the 15-player World Cup squad while Jason Roy is not included.
    England Men’s National Selector, Luke Wright, said: “We have selected a squad we are confident can go to I

  • Tens of thousands more state school children and Black and South Asian cricketers set to benefit from new partnerships to break down cricket’s barriers

    Additional £2m investment in five charity partners to help realise ambition of being the most inclusive sport Work to tackle equity in state school talent and participation, disability, Black and South Asian communities Significant acceleration in work to support communities where cricket has been hard to access
    New and expanded ECB charity partnerships will provide free cricket to more state

  • Middlesex County Cricket Club and Middlesex Cricket Board

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Middlesex County Cricket Club (MCCC) and Middlesex Cricket Board (MCB) have agreed a number of conditions to be imposed on the Club and Board following breaches of the County Partnership Agreement and Financial Regulations.
    Following an investigation into funds provided to Middlesex Cricket Board and Middlesex County Cricket Club by the England and Wal

  • Alice Davidson-Richards added to England Women’s squad for ODI series

    Alice Davidson-Richards has been called into the England Women squad for the remainder of the Metro Bank One Day International series against Sri Lanka.
    The all-rounder replaces Lauren Bell who continues to recover from illness.
    Davidson-Richards will link up with the group from Monday.
    ENDS

  • CDC sanction Hampshire following 'below average' pitch

    A Cricket Discipline Commission Panel has sanctioned Hampshire CCL for breaching the ECB Pitch Regulations.

    The ECB charged Hampshire with failing to comply with Regulation 8.1 of the ECB Pitch Regulations, which requires each County to actively seek to prepare the best quality cricket pitch that it can for the match that it is staging.
    The charge related to the pitch used in the club’s

  • Flynn and Greenway lead Hawks to Disability Premier League trophy

    Hawks 160-2 beat Pirates 156-6 by eight wickets
    A masterclass from Callum Flynn and George Greenway led the Hawks to the Disability Premier League trophy at Derby.
    The pair put on 112 for the third wicket to overhaul the Pirates' total of 156-6 and see their team home by eight wickets with over two overs to spare.
    The Pirates would have been relatively happy at the interval, their competi

  • Crawley to captain England Men in Ireland series

    Zak Crawley has been named as captain of a 13-player squad for England Men’s Metro Bank One-Day International Series against Ireland Men this month.

    Crawley will lead England for the first time with his Test opening partner Ben Duckett named as vice-captain for the three-match series, which begins at Headingly on Wednesday, 20 September.
    The squad includes three uncapped players, Warwick

  • ECB & Metro Bank pledge to treble number of girls' cricket teams by 2026

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Metro Bank have pledged to treble the number of girls’ cricket teams in England and Wales.

    The two organisations will work together with the aim of transforming access to grassroots cricket by recruiting 6,000 volunteers to grow girls’ cricket so there are 2,000 clubs with a girls' section and 6,000 girls' teams by 2026.
    The announcement f

  • Lauren Bell update

    Lauren Bell will play no further part in England Women's Vitality IT20 or Metro Bank ODI series against Sri Lanka.
    Bell continues to recover from the illness that ruled her out of the first two Vitality IT20 fixtures.
    ENDS

  • England Men's Under-19s Test squad announced

    A 14-player England Men Under-19s squad has been selected for this month’s two Youth Tests against Australia Under-19s.

    Captain Ben McKinney is one of four players who are retained from the squad that drew 1-1 with Australia U19s in two Youth Tests during the winter. McKinney’s fellow Durham team-mate Ross Whitfield and Hampshire duo Eddie Jack and Dominic Kelly were also part of the Test s

  • Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Sophie Ecclestone has undergone surgery after sustaining a dislocated right shoulder in the warm-up ahead of Manchester Originals’ match against Southern Brave last month.
    Ecclestone will now begin her rehabilitation with the ECB and Thunder medical teams.
    ENDS

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