The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a £3.5m increase in funding for the women’s regional game to run until the end of 2024.
The uplift in funding will increase the number of professional women’s players, grow the salary pot and grow the average salary.
From 1 November 2022, the number of professional players funded by ECB will go up to seven players per region, rising ag
Former England all-rounder Mike Yardy has been announced as the England Men's U19 Head Coach.
Yardy, who made 42 appearances for his country as a player and was part of the England Men's team that won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010, joins the Young Lions from Sussex CCC where he has been in the role of Academy Director. The left-arm spinner had previously been in coaching roles with New South Wa
England Men's selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match ODI series against Australia starting in November. England Men's ODI squad:Jos Buttler (Lancashire) CaptainMoeen Ali (Warwickshire - from 1 November)Sam Billings (Kent)Sam Curran (Surrey)Liam Dawson (Hampshire)Chris Jordan (Surrey)Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)Jason Roy (Surrey)Phil Salt (Lancashire)Olly
The England and Wales Cricket Board today announces that Richard Gould will join as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Gould, 52, will take up the post at the end of January, moving from his current role as CEO of Bristol City Football Club.
He brings significant leadership experience from major organisations across sport, having served as CEO at first Somerset County Cricket Club and then
England Lions have announced a 15-player training group to travel to the UAE from November 6-27.
As well as offering developmental experiences to the players selected, the trip will support England Men's Test preparation for Pakistan with five members of the Test squad arriving ahead of the Test tour and three pace bowlers joining the group to continue their rehabilitation from injury.
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England Women U19 have announced their 15-player squad for the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023.
It's the first time the best U19 cricketers have come together from the women’s game to compete in an ICC Global Event. The tournament will be hosted by South Africa, and sees 16 countries competing from January 14 to January 29.In addition to the 11 Full ICC Members, there are five Associates in
Matt Mason has been appointed as England Women Fast Bowling Coach.
The 48-year-old, who took over 400 wickets in a 15-year professional career, is a highly respected coach in the men's game. He joins from Warwickshire, having previously worked in similar roles at Western Australia, Perth Scorchers, Leicestershire and Worcestershire.
Mason spent nine years at Worcestershire - and was part of
England Men's selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan starting in December. England Men's Test squad:Ben Stokes (Durham) captainJames Anderson (Lancashire)Harry Brook (Yorkshire)Zak Crawley (Kent)Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)Ben Foakes (Surrey)Will Jacks (Surrey)Keaton Jennings (Lancashire)Jack Leach (Somerset)Liam Livingstone (Lancashire)Jamie Overto
The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced the Central Contract offers for England Men's international cricket for the year from 1 October 2022.The system, which covers both red-ball and white-ball players, takes into account the likelihood of players featuring in England teams across formats in the next 12 months, whilst also recognising performances in the preceding year.In total 30 playe
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has today published its decisions in relation to charges brought by the ECB against five former and current professional cricketers related to non-recent social media posts.
Each of Jack Brooks, Andrew Gale, Evelyn Jones, Azeem Rafiq and Danielle Wyatt admitted their breach of ECB Directive 3.3 which states: “No such person may conduct themself in a manne
Durham have accepted a 10-point deduction from the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) after batter Nic Maddinson admitted a breach of ECB Directives 3.2 and 3.3.
Maddinson used a bat which failed a bat-gauge test during Durham’s LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire on 6 September 2022.
The CDC considered the points put in mitigation by Durham CCC and Maddinson, that th
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is today (29 September 2022) setting out the continued progress that cricket is making in its commitment to promote equity, diversity and inclusion at all levels of the game.
Since the announcement of cricket’s game-wide action plan in November 2021, the ECB has continued to work with County organisations and other partners to combat racism and ensure t
