One year on from the response to the ICEC report, the ECB is updating on the progress made against the actions it set out to become a more inclusive sport. Today’s update details progress by the ECB and the wider game in driving cultural and structural change, and the ongoing work to embed equity, diversity and inclusion through cricket. Progress over the last year includes increased investment i
Minimum starting salaries will be equalised across men’s and women’s professional domestic cricket from 2025.
The move will apply both at ‘Rookie’ level, which is being introduced into the women’s game for the first time and which will typically be a player’s first professional contract, and at ‘Senior Pro’ level for players who have established themselves in first teams.
It has also bee
The ECB is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Guest as England Women U19 Performance Lead.
Guest arrives from The Blaze where he spent three years as head coach of Loughborough Lightning and then The Blaze following the region’s move to Nottinghamshire in 2022, leading the latter to Charlotte Edwards Cup success this summer.
Alongside his regional commitments, he led the England
The ECB and Cognizant have announced a partnership which is set to offer recreational cricket fans, players and volunteers an improved digital experience as part of the ECB’s ongoing digital transformation.
As the Official Digital Technology Transformation Partner and Official IT Consulting Partner, Cognizant will be the key strategic partner for the ECB’s recreational game systems programme, w
England Women ended their tour to Ireland with a five-wicket defeat and drawing the IT20 series 1-1.
Needing seven for victory off the final over and then two runs from two balls, Christina Coulter Reilly hit the winning runs as Mady Villiers’ run-out attempt saw the hosts grab the win by five wickets. Villiers had taken two wickets in the final over but Ireland claimed the final run needed t
Bryony Smith hit a half century as England Women secured a 67-run win over Ireland in their first IT20 at Castle Avenue, Dublin.
On her first England appearance in two years, opener Smith struck 58 off just 30 balls while debutant Charis Pavely took three wickets (3-19) and Issy Wong (2-14).
Seren Smale, Georgia Adams and Pavely all made their full senior international debuts, while Paige
Ireland Women secured a consolation three-wicket victory over England in a rain-affected third and final ODI in Belfast.
The match was reduced to 22-overs per side after heavy rain in Stormont.
England, captained by Kate Cross had already sealed a series win with two wins in their first two matches.
With eight runs needed from the final over, Ireland lost three wickets in three balls to
The partnership launched on 6th September in the final Rothesay Men’s Test against Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval in London, helping drive Zoopla’s brand presence over the final moving months in 2024. Zoopla will also use the partnership to support its regional marketing efforts across England and Wales. Partnership activations will include in-ground media such as pitch perimeter boards and big-screen
Tammy Beaumont scored her 10thODI hundred and became the highest century-maker in women's ODIs for England as her side recorded a 275-run win over Ireland at Stormont.
Beaumont’s superb 150 not out off 139 balls was supported by Freya Kemp (65 off 47 balls).
The victory means the tourist’s seal the three-match series with a game to spare.
It was another strong day for captain Kate
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has opened the process to secure private investment into the eight teams in The Hundred.
The initial announcement of the process sparked global interest from a variety of investors for the annual short-format competition that is held across some of cricket’s most iconic venues.
Since the inaugural season four years ago, The Hundred has delivere
Men’s and women’s professional domestic T20 and 50-over competitions will be fully aligned for the first time next season in further steps to fuel the growth and reach of women’s professional cricket.
The move will see men’s and women’s teams competing side by side in the Vitality Blast and the Metro Bank One Day Cup from the 2025 season.
The eight women’s Tier One professional county teams
England Cricket stars Chris Jordan, Emma Lamb, Phil Salt, Ed Hossell, Fran Wilson, Josh Tongue and James O’Connor inspired at Taste of Cricket events this summer Celebrity chefs Ainsley Harriott, Angellica Bell and Chris Bavin helped cook up a storm at grassroots clubs across England and Wales Over 2,000 grassroots volunteers and players rewarded for their contribution to Raising The Game with
England Women have named their squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 which takes place in United Arab Emirates in October.
Wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath and all-rounder Freya Kemp are selected in a T20 World Cup squad for the first time as is Danielle Gibson who was a travelling reserve for the last edition in South Africa.
Bowler Sophie Ecclestone, the highest wicket taker in the
The England Women ODI and IT20 squads to tour Ireland next month have been confirmed.
Kate Cross will captain the group who will play three One Day Internationals and two IT20s in Belfast and Dublin respectively.
Jon Lewis, who has been leading the England A squad over the past 12 months, will take charge as head coach and is joined by Courtney Winfield-Hill and Chris Liddle (England Women’
Five-match Men’s Rothesay Test series and Women’s Metro Bank One Day International and Vitality IT20 series against India at heart of the summer between June 20 and August 4. Before that, both sides will take on their West Indies counterparts in white-ball series between May 21 and June 10. Zimbabwe return for first time since 2003 with a one-off Rothesay Test at Trent Bridge from May 22 to 25. E
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The ECB has enlisted England stars from the Men’s, Women’s and Disability squads to feature in a new video alongside school children, to get even more kids playing cricket during the summer holidays
In the first of two parts, we hear how unique the sport can be to different individuals, who play the game in their own
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today hosted the latest in its series of Taste of Cricket events at Shepherds Bush Cricket Club, London Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott, TV presenter Chris Bavin, and England Men’s Chris Jordan were on hand to help prepare the dishes and mix with guests In partnership with Remitly and part of the existing Raising The Game platform – designed to ensure e
The Grass Pitch Improvement Fund will invest £5m of National Lottery funding over a three-year period in around 250 projects, backed by Sport England The scheme will target locations most in need of safe, good quality grass cricket pitches and accelerate the ECB’s aims to tackle inequalities in access to facilities and drive its ambition for cricket to become the most inclusive team sport in the
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have confirmed the formation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 in the revamped women’s domestic cricket structure, to be launched in full in 2025.
Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex, Sussex, Worcestershire and Yorkshire will make up Tier 2 in the 2025 season.
The ten Counties will play 50-over and 20-over
England Women sealed an unbeaten 13-game home summer in their fifth and final Vitality IT20 against New Zealand at Lord’s.
New Zealand’s Fran Jonas took four wickets while captain Heather Knight top-scored for the hosts with 46 as England finished on 155 after recovering from 87-6.
In reply, Lauren Bell took 3-20, while Freya Kemp and spinner Charlie Dean took two wickets each.
The win s
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