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  • 2025 Domestic Finals dates and venues confirmed

    Vitality Blast Men’s Finals Day to be played on Saturday 13 September with ticket ballot now open for best chance for fans to secure their place Kia Oval to host first-ever Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day on 27 July Utilita Bowl to host Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s Final on same weekend Trent Bridge hosts Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men’s Final Disability Premier League Final set to be staged in S

  • England Women finish ODI series with last-ball defeat against Ireland

    Ireland Women secured a consolation three-wicket victory over England in a rain-affected third and final ODI in Belfast.
    The match was reduced to 22-overs per side after heavy rain in Stormont.
    England, captained by Kate Cross had already sealed a series win with two wins in their first two matches.
    With eight runs needed from the final over, Ireland lost three wickets in three balls to

  • England Men name Test squad for Tour of Pakistan

    Durham’s Brydon Carse and Essex’s Jordan Cox are the only uncapped players Spinners Rehan Ahmed and Jack Leach return to Test set-up Zak Crawley and *England Men name Test squad for Tour of Pakistan* Stokes continue to recover from their respective injuries

    England Men's selection panel have named a 17-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan in October.
    England Men's Tes

  • Zoopla announced as the Official Property Partner of England Cricket

    The partnership launched on 6th September in the final Rothesay Men’s Test against Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval in London, helping drive Zoopla’s brand presence over the final moving months in 2024. Zoopla will also use the partnership to support its regional marketing efforts across England and Wales. Partnership activations will include in-ground media such as pitch perimeter boards and big-screen

  • Beaumont hits record-breaking century for England Women in Belfast

    Tammy Beaumont scored her 10thODI hundred and became the highest century-maker in women's ODIs for England as her side recorded a 275-run win over Ireland at Stormont.
    Beaumont’s superb 150 not out off 139 balls was supported by Freya Kemp (65 off 47 balls).
    The victory means the tourist’s seal the three-match series with a game to spare.

    It was another strong day for captain Kate

  • Cross stars as England Women open ODI series with win over Ireland

    Kate Cross' career-best figures saw England Women secure a four-wicket victory over Ireland in Stormont.
    Captaining her country for the first time, Cross took a six-wicket haul and 38 not out in her side’s opening ODI match.
    A youthful England team was made up of five debutants.
    Hannah Baker and Ryana MacDonald-Gay, who made their full England debuts, took their maiden international wic

  • ECB Appoints Andrew Flintoff as England Men’s Lions Head Coach

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Flintoff as Head Coach of the England Men’s Lions programme for the upcoming year,
    Flintoff emerged as the standout candidate from a pool of high-calibre applicants. He will take up the role in October, overseeing a schedule which includes a tour of South Africa before Christmas, a red ball tour of Aust

  • Mark Wood Ruled Out for the Remainder of 2024 Due to Elbow Injury

    England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out for the rest of the year following a right elbow injury.
    Medical scans have confirmed that Wood has a bone stress injury of the right elbow injury. He had noticed increasing stiffness and discomfort in his elbow during the Rothesay Test series against the West Indies earlier in the summer. He played a full part in the first Test against Sri Lanka

  • ECB opens process to secure private investment into The Hundred

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has opened the process to secure private investment into the eight teams in The Hundred.

    The initial announcement of the process sparked global interest from a variety of investors for the annual short-format competition that is held across some of cricket’s most iconic venues.
    Since the inaugural season four years ago, The Hundred has delivere

  • Rew to captain much-changed Young Lions in Tri-Series

    Somerset wicketkeeper-batter Thomas Rew will for the first time captain England Men U19s during the upcoming Youth ODI tri-series against Scotland Men U19s and Ireland Men U19s at Loughborough.

    Rew, 16, will lead an inexperienced Young Lions outfit in which Harry Moore, Sebastian Morgan and Alex Green are the only other capped players. James Minto and Ben Dawkins appeared for the Young Lion

  • Vitality Blast and Metro Bank One Day Cup align with women’s game to drive professionalism and growth

    Men’s and women’s professional domestic T20 and 50-over competitions will be fully aligned for the first time next season in further steps to fuel the growth and reach of women’s professional cricket.
    The move will see men’s and women’s teams competing side by side in the Vitality Blast and the Metro Bank One Day Cup from the 2025 season.
    The eight women’s Tier One professional county teams

  • England Men’s White-Ball Captain Ruled Out of Vitality IT20s Against Australia

    STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 9.30AM BST ON THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2024
    England Men's white-ball captain, Jos Buttler, has been ruled out of the upcoming Vitality IT20 series against Australia due to a setback with a right calf injury. This injury also places his participation in the Metro Bank ODIs later this month in doubt.
    Surrey all-rounder Jamie Overton has been called up as a replacement in t

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