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  • Vikram Banerjee appointed Managing Director, The Hundred

    Vikram Banerjee appointed Managing Director, The Hundred

    The ECB has appointed Vikram Banerjee as Managing Director of The Hundred, giving him responsibility for accelerating the competition's global growth. This appointment follows his successful leadership in attracting strategic investors to The Hundred, resulting in a combined valuation of £975 million for the eight teams within just four years of the competition’s inception.
    In his new role, Vik

  • Grace Potts (Lancashire) and Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surrey) were called up to England’s senior Test squad for the tour of South Africa in December 2024 and are both part of the pace bowling performance programme.

    England Women Cricket Pathway (EWCP) squad head to Abu Dhabi for training camp

    A 15-player England Women Cricket Pathway (EWCP) squad will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training camp.
    The camp is an opportunity for the six players involved in the England Women Pace Bowling Performance Programme to further their skills in warm conditions and an opportunity for further players across different skill sets to gain some competitive scenario practice.
    Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surr

  • Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan join The Hundred

    Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan join The Hundred

    Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan among a superstar list of Direct Signings 148 places confirmed through retentions and Direct Signings, 68 left to fill at The Hundred Draft on 12 March England players retained include Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Sophie Ecclestone Ellyse Perry, Tim Southee, Hayley Matthews and Phoebe Litchfield some of the oversea

  • England Men's Mixed Disability team will be formed of Physical Disability, Learning Disability and Hearing Impaired players.

    Pioneering mixed disability series to play at Lord’s

    England Men’s Mixed Disability team will play at Lord’s against India as part of their pioneering seven-match IT20 series, with visits to three other First-Class grounds among the tour itinerary.
    India will come to England in late June, to compete in a trailblazing Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability series – the first of its kind at international level in cricket, bringing together the Physical Dis

  • England's Jamie Smith (Getty Images/ICC)

    England Men name XI for ICC Champions Trophy opener against Australia

    England Men have confirmed their XI for their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy against Australia on Saturday in Lahore.
    Jamie Smith returns to the side, batting at No.3 and taking the gloves as wicketkeeper. Jofra Archer is selected alongside fellow seamers Brydon Carse and Mark Wood.

    England XI:
    1. Phil Salt
    2. Ben Duckett
    3. Jamie Smith (WK)
    4. Joe Root
    5. Harry

  • Hampshire and England Lions seamer Sonny Baker (ECB Collection)

    Sonny Baker Awarded England Men’s Development Contract

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has awarded Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker a Men’s Development Contract, which will run until September 2025.
    Baker, 21, will join Hampshire for the start of the 2025 season after previously playing for Somerset. The pace bowler has excelled over the winter, culminating in a successful England Lions tour of Australia last month, which caught the at

  • Bidders enter exclusivity period to become partners in The Hundred teams

    Bidders enter exclusivity period to become partners in The Hundred teams

    Parties chosen after comprehensive three-round bidding process which attracted interest from around the world Subject to successful conclusion of deals, they will partner with host clubs to run each Hundred team and help realise global ambitions for the competition The eight teams have been valued at a total of just over £975m, with more than £520m set to be injected into the professional and rec

  • Somerset and England batter Tom Banton (Getty Images)

    England Men call up Tom Banton as cover for third ODI against India

    England Men have called up Somerset batter Tom Banton as cover for the third ODI against India in Ahmedabad, which starts on Wednesday.
    Warwickshire batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell, who featured in the first ODI defeat in Nagpur, has sustained a left hamstring injury. The injury will be assessed further when the team arrive in Ahmedabad on Monday.
    Banton, who last played for England in an

  • ECB update on ICC Men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan

    ECB update on ICC Men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan

    Richard Thompson, ECB Chair, said:
    “Today the ECB Board discussed recent calls for England to boycott the forthcoming men’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan in the wake of the widespread violation of women’s rights in the country under the Taliban.
    “What is happening in Afghanistan is nothing short of gender apartheid. At a cricketing level, when women’s and girls’ cricket is growi

  • Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day three: Tourists beaten in Melbourne

    Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day three: Tourists beaten in Melbourne

    England were defeated by an innings and 122 runs in the one-off Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Women's Ashes.
    Australia were bowled out for 440 in their first innings after England impressed to take the last five wickets for nine runs in the first session of day three, but still faced a deficit of 270.
    Sophie Ecclestone completing her five-wicket haul, became the first English w

  • Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day two: Sutherland hits century

    Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day two: Sutherland hits century

    Annabel Sutherland's century gave Australia a commanding lead in the one-off Women's Ashes Test match in Melbourne.
    The hosts finished day two on 422-5 and with a lead of 252.
    Sutherland, who was dropped on 29 and 31, scored 163 from 258 balls while Beth Mooney ended the day unbeaten on 98.
    Ryana Macdonald-Gay took the wicket of Sutherland after Lauren Bell had earlier dismissed Phoebe Li

  • Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day one: Hosts dominate

    Women's Ashes 2025 Test match day one: Hosts dominate

    England Women were bowled out for 170 on day one of the one-off Test in the Women's Ashes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
    Nat Sciver-Brunt top scored for England with 51 while leg-spinner Alana King took 4-45 as England were all out inside 72 overs.
    Maia Bouchier and captain Heather Knight were dismissed by Kim Garth before a stand of 50 between Sciver-Brunt and Sophia Dunkley saw England

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