Vitality Blast Off will return bigger and better next summer with a four-day festival of men’s and women’s domestic Twenty20 cricket.
An expanded Vitality Blast Off will feature seven men’s and women’s T20 double headers, in addition to Edgbaston again hosting a Vitality Blast double header with two Midlands rivalry games.
With the men’s county and women’s regional domestic fixtures to be an
England cricket legend Andrew Flintoff has been appointed as Head Coach of Northern Superchargers men’s team in The Hundred.
Flintoff, 45, is renowned as one of England’s greatest ever players. He played over 200 times for his country and was also Test captain.
Since retiring from cricket in 2009 he has become a television host – including as part of The Hundred team in 2021, and recently ha
England Men's selection panel have named the squads for next month’s ODI and IT20 series away to West Indies.
ODI squad (15 players)
Jos Buttler (captain – Lancashire)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Tom Hartley (Lancashire)
Will Ja
Surrey’s Head of Ground Staff, Lee Fortis, has claimed both of the top awards at the 2023 Grounds Manager of the Year Awards.
Fortis and his team at the Kia Oval earned perfect marks for their pitches during the LV= Insurance County Championship season to win the Bernard Flack Memorial Trophy. It was the first time in the 51-year history of the awards that perfect marks have been awarded across
England Women have named the two player squads for next month’s IT20 series and four-day Test match away to India.
Sophie Ecclestone is included in both squads after having shoulder surgery in September. She will continue her rehab and return to cricket leading up to the series in India.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batter Bess Heath is selected in both groups after making her senior debut in En
Chris Liddle has been appointed as England Women Performance Pace Bowling Coach.
Liddle arrives from Northamptonshire where he was assistant head coach and lead fast bowling coach.
The 39-year-old worked with the London Spirit women’s coaching team for the past two years and has worked with the Sunrisers team during the off season as part of his role with Northamptonshire CCC.
After a
Eighteen awards were presented at the annual Business of Cricket Awards (BOCAs) at a ceremony at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol on Thursday, 9 November.
The BOCAs provide an opportunity to reward the innovation and best practice of the First-Class Counties and Marylebone Cricket Club, as well as well as highlighting the work of unsung heroes over the past year.
Somerset County Cricket Cl
Alex Gidman has been appointed as England Women assistant coach.
The 42-year-old arrives from Kent where he was men’s batting coach and joins the England Women’s coaching team.
A highly respected figure in the men’s game, Gidman previously spent four years as head coach at Worcestershire County Cricket Club who he led to T20 Blast Finals Day in 2019 and was head coach of the white ball tea
England Women will play three IT20s and a four-day Test match in Mumbai this December, touring India for the first time since 2019.
The three IT20s will be played under the lights at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, before a four-day Test at DY Patil Stadium.
Heather Knight’s side will travel to Oman for a training camp before their opening IT20 fixture at Wankhede Stadium.
England Women A
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 (RFU
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
