The ECB has confirmed the 15-player Young Lions squad that will travel to next month’s ICC Men’s U19s World Cup in South Africa.
Durham batter Ben McKinney will captain the team, which has been drawn in Group B alongside the hosts South Africa, West Indies and Scotland.
England Men U19s World Cup squad:
Ben McKinney (Durham – captain)
Luc Benkenstein (Essex – vice captain)
Farh
Today marks the launch of the Cricket Regulator, the body which will be responsible for monitoring compliance with the game’s regulations, enforcement of adherence to those regulations and providing relevant information and education.
The Cricket Regulator will be overseen by an independent Cricket Regulatory Board, and will be ring-fenced from the rest of the ECB. Areas of work that had pr
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the England Women Central Contracts for 2023/24.
Eighteen contracts, which run for one year, have been awarded with Maia Bouchier and Danielle Gibson given their first England Women Central Contract.
Bowlers Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer and wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath have all been awarded development contracts after breaking into
Callum Flynn will lead the England Men’s Physical Disability team on a five-game tour of India in January next year.
A 15-strong squad has been selected, playing five IT20 matches in Ahmedabad and Udaipur, which will be the first international cricket for the England Men’s PD team since 2019.
Off the back of a successful Disability Premier League in August, a debut for England Women’s Visual
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The first-of-its-kind report focuses on the impact the sport has on people and communities The ECB worked with The Sports Consultancy (TSC), who assessed the ECB’s projects, programmes and data in recent years, and the outcomes and impacts that they deliver The report shows how cricket keeps people fit and healthy, builds children’s confidence and has positive impacts on communities and social co
England Women A have named their squad to take on India A in their forthcoming IT20 series.
Off-spinner Charlie Dean will captain the 13-player group who will travel to India on Sunday.
After a fortnight-long training camp in Oman, the squad will fine-tune their preparations in Mumbai ahead of three IT20 fixtures taking place on Wednesday 29 November, Friday 1 December and Sunday 3 December
Matthew Potts has been called into the England Men’s squad for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies in the Caribbean as a replacement for Josh Tongue.
Tongue has been ruled out of the white-ball tour after he suffered an injury during the current England Lions camp in the United Arab Emirates.
Durham paceman Potts played the most recent of his three ODIs against Ireland at Bristol
Five domestic trophies are set to be decided in September while the Vitality Blast will be staged almost entirely on Thursday nights, Friday nights and at weekends following the release of the 2024 domestic schedule.
The ECB has confirmed the men’s county and women’s regional domestic fixtures for next summer, which also includes 22 men’s and women’s T20 double headers, while the Charlotte
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 b
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 recentl
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
