The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Rob Andrew has been appointed as Managing Director, Professional Game. He will join the ECB from Sussex CCC, where he has been Chief Executive since 2017.
Formerly an international rugby union player for England Men, he was also Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons and Director of Professional Rugby at the Rugby Football Union
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the Central Contract offers for England Men's international cricket for the year from 1 October 2023.
The system, which covers both red-ball and white-ball players, considers the likelihood of players featuring in England teams across formats over the next period while recognising performances in the preceding year. Multi-year contracts ha
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Leshia Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of Cricket Wales, will join the company as the new Managing Director, Recreational Game.
The new role succeeds that of Director of Participation and Growth, and will see Hawkins become a member of the ECB Leadership Group.
She is tasked with ensuring an integrated approach across England and
A state-of-the-art £1.5million, 10-bay all-weather cricket dome has been officially opened in Bradford Park Avenue today, October 20.
The facility – the first of its kind – is funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in partnership with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, and is set to provide cricket sessions for 10,000 people from the local community each year.
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George Greenway will lead the England Men’s Deaf team to Qatar in December as they seek to win the Deaf T20 World Cup. The Kent man will skipper a group of 15 that includes three uncapped players, Yorkshire duo James O’Conner and Cameron Sweeney, and Jamie Clarke from Middlesex.
England last took part in the tournament in 2016, ending runners-up after losing to Pakistan in the final in Duba
England Men’s Learning Disability team will travel to South Africa in November to compete in a tri-series against South Africa and Australia.
Captain Chris Edwards’s squad includes three uncapped players – Jaidev Charan and Benjamin Mason (both Middlesex) and Alfie Pyle from Sussex – as they seek to defend the trophy they won last time out in 2017.
England Men’s LD Tri-Series squad
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England Lions have announced a 21-player group to travel to the UAE for a training camp from November 16 to December 7.
The group, which includes 10 players (George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, James Coles, Josh De Caires, Tom Lawes, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Rishi Patel, Ollie Price, John Turner) who are part of a Lions experience for the first time, will focus on developing their red-ball s
The England and Wales Cricket Board congratulates former England Men’s captain Sir Alastair Cook on an extraordinary 20-year career for England and Essex following his retirement announcement.
The left-handed opening batter established himself as an all-time great during a record-breaking England career during which time he played 161 Tests, 59 of those as captain, and scored an England record
A 17-player squad has been selected for the England Men Under-19's Quadrangular Youth ODI Series in India next month.
Durham batter Ben McKinney will again captain a squad that includes four new names - Charlie Allison, Jaydn Denly, Seb Morgan, Haydon Mustard – from the group that played Australia U19s in the five-match home Youth ODI Series last month.
The Quadrangular Series is to be p
England Men’s Performance Director Mo Bobat is to leave the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) early next year to take up a new opportunity in cricket.
Bobat, who joined the ECB in 2011, has overseen the England Men’s pathway for the past four years, identifying, developing and preparing the pipeline of players that form England’s extensive talent pool across all formats.
England Men
The ECB is today publishing details of further steps it will take to make cricket a more inclusive sport in response to the recent report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC).
Wide-ranging action aims to tackle discrimination and break down barriers for women and girls, people from lower socio-economic groups, and ethnically diverse communities.
It will accele
Sue Redfern will again break new ground when she becomes the first female umpire to stand in a men's first-class match in England and Wales next week.
Redfern has been appointed to umpire the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens, which begins on Tuesday 26 September.
Capped 21 times by England as a player between 1995 and 1999, Redfer
