£35 million package to deliver the construction of 16 new urban all-weather cricket domes within cities due to host ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2026 and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2030 Funding will extend the ECB’s partner programmes for young people through Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners in schools, and the ACE Programme Funding will enable over 900,000 young people to play cricket over n
Surrey have been emphatically backed to win a hat-trick of Vitality County Championship titles by the 18 first-class county captains.
Ahead of the domestic summer starting tomorrow the ECB has released the results of the annual captains' survey.
The leaders of all men’s county teams were asked to provide their predictions for the red-ball season with 12 of the 18 captains anticipating th
Tammy Beaumont scored 81 to help England seal a series-clinching 56-run win over New Zealand in the second of three one-day internationals at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
Heather Knight named an unchanged side to the team that secured victory in their opening ODI in Wellington.
England batted first with Beaumont’s total of 81 runs in 96 balls making a significant contribution which included a 70-
Melissa Story and Katya Witney have won the two individual honours at the 2023 ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards, which were presented in partnership with the Cricket Writers’ Club at The Kia Oval today.
Story won the coveted Christopher Martin-Jenkins Broadcaster of the Year with a CWC judging panel labelling the BBC Test Match Special commentator as a “terrific young broadcaster with
England men’s cricketer Ben Stokes has confirmed today that he does not wish to be considered for selection ahead of this summer’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will take place in June in the West Indies and USA.
The England Test captain’s primary focus is to get fully fit to bowl not only for the summer of Test cricket, which includes two three-match Test series’ against West Indies and Sri L
Amy Jones hit an unbeaten 92 as England Women began their ODI series with a four-wicket victory against New Zealand at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
Heather Knight’s side needed 208 to win and were 79-6 before a record unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 130 between Jones and Charlie Dean sealed victory.
A fine bowling effort saw the White Ferns all out for 207 courtesy of Lauren Bell a
England Women ended their IT20 series with a five-wicket victory against New Zealand at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
Heather Knight made one change to the side who sealed the series in Wednesday's match at the same venue, Lauren Filer coming in for Lauren Bell.
Early wickets from Nat Sciver-Brunt saw Bernadine Bezuidenhout and Amelia Kerr, who captained the White Ferns in the absen
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2023 finish: Champions (Division Two)
2023 highest run-scorer: Alex Lees (1,347)
2023 highest wicket-taker: Ben Raine (60)
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England Women beat New Zealand by 47 runs at Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
Player of the Match Maia Bouchier impressed again, scoring 91 off 56 balls.
The result means England win the series with a game to spare.
The match saw the return of Women’s Premier League (WPL) quartet Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danielle Wyatt.
Wyatt became England Women's hig
The schedule for England's 2025 Women’s Ashes Series in Australia has been confirmed.
Following a well-contested drawn and record-breaking Ashes series on home soil last year, Heather Knight’s outfit head down under to play a multi-format series to contest three ODIs in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Test will be a feature of the major stadium matches throu
Maia Bouchier scored her first IT20 half century as England Women were beaten in their third encounter of a five-match series against New Zealand with the hosts winning by three runs at Saxton Oval, Nelson.
The result means England lead the series by two games to one with two matches remaining.
Heather Knight named an unchanged side to the team who beat the White Ferns at the same venue on
