The Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition begins on Saturday 11 April. The ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay has provided the county-by-county previews for Tier 1 of the competition.
DURHAM
Previewed by Graham Hardcastle, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Captain: Hollie Armitage
Head coach: Dani Hazell
2025 finish: 6th
2025 highest run-scorer: Hollie
Tom Smith has joined the England Women’s coaching staff as an assistant coach with a focus on spin bowling.
The former left-arm spinner took nearly 400 wickets across all formats during his professional playing career for Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex and Gloucestershire. It was at Gloucestershire where his coaching career began in 2021 when he fulfilled a dual player/coach role before stepping int
The 15th Rothesay Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards were presented at a ceremony at Lord’s on Tuesday.
With the support of new naming sponsor Rothesay, the UK’s largest pensions insurance specialist and Official Title Partner of Men’s and Women’s Test Matches, Official Partner of England Cricket and title sponsor of the Rothesay County Championship, the awards attracted a record-breaking numbe
The ECB has today launched the T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality to celebrate the icons of domestic T20 cricket in England and Wales.
The T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality will recognise the men and women whose performances and impact in ECB domestic T20 cricket competitions have been exceptional both on and off the field.
As part of the launch, six men and six women, have today be
The ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay has provided the annual county-by-county season preview ahead of the start of the Rothesay County Championship on Friday 3 April.
ROTHESAY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE
ESSEX
Previewed by Martin Smith, ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
Captain: Tom Westley
Director of cricket:Chris Silverwood
2025 finish: 6th
2025
Across England and Wales, more than 39,500 volunteers supported over 1,800 clubs to get ready for the season - the biggest Get Set Weekend, powered by Toyota on record. England players Lauren Bell, Issy Wong and Sam Curran joined volunteers at St Albans Cricket Club to prepare for the season. Toyota’s title partnership continues to strengthen grassroots cricket and
England Women Under 19s have named a 16-strong group for a tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka.
The team fly out today for six games: one 50-over game and two T20s against both the hosts and Sri Lanka.
Head Coach Chris Guest said: “We’ve worked with this group of players across the winter and the next stage of their development is to play competitive games of cricket against other nat
England Men's selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test match against Ireland at Lord’s starting on Thursday 1 June 2023.
England Men's Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dan L
