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  • 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

  • 2024 Vitality Blast Finals Day date confirmed

    Vitality Blast Finals Day will return to September next summer with fans now able to enter the ballot for tickets to county cricket’s showpiece event of the season.

    Edgbaston will host Vitality Blast Finals Day on Saturday 14 September with Somerset looking to defend their title after defeating Essex in the final in front of a sell-out crowd last month.
    The move to September has been mad

  • England Women’s match fees equalised with Men’s after sensational Ashes series grows profile further

    Following record-breaking crowds of 110,000 at this summer’s Metro Bank Women’s Ashes series, the ECB today announces it is increasing match fees for England Women to bring them in line with England Men’s match fees.

    England set new women’s international attendance records at Edgbaston, the Kia Oval and Lord’s, and sold out matches at Taunton, Bristol and Hampshire in their series against A

  • Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Sophie Ecclestone sustained a dislocated right shoulder in the warm-up ahead of Manchester Originals’ match against Southern Brave on Wednesday.
    After scans and further assessment, the ECB can confirm she will be unavailable for the Women’s Big Bash League.
    ENDS

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