Categories: recreational cricket

  • ECB and its delivery partners commit to multi-year investment to widen access and opportunity in the sport

    The ECB and its official charity and delivery partners have today announced increased funding commitments which will take cricket to more people over the next three years, supporting the game’s ambition to become the most inclusive team sport in England and Wales.
    Between 2026 and 2028, over £15 million of ECB funding has been agreed across the charity and delivery partners — Chance to Shine, L

  • Major new investment into grassroots facilities to boost access to cricket

    Around £45m of money from investment into The Hundred teams will fund new and improved grassroots facilities as part of a major cash injection into recreational cricket.
    It is hoped that additional funding and support from other partners including Government, developers and other investors in communities, will mean that projects worth a combined £150m can go ahead over the next 10 years.
    The

  • Leading the Future of Women’s Cricket Conference 2026

    An unmissable national conference for everyone shaping the women’s and girls’ game
    7–8 March 2026 | East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham
    The future of women’s and girls’ cricket is being shaped right now – and next month, anyone passionate about driving that progress can come together for one unforgettable weekend.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), in collabo

  • External safeguarding case review published into offending of Michael Strange

    The ECB is today publishing an external safeguarding case review into the crimes of Michael Strange, related to his role as a cricket coach in north east England in the 1990s and early 2000s.
    Strange has been convicted of 34 separate sex offences of underage boys, involving ten separate victims, between 1993 and 2004.
    Strange was suspended from all cricket in 2005 when the ECB was informed o

  • Country’s second all-weather cricket dome opens, boosting access for state school children

    The country’s second all-weather cricket dome has officially opened in Darwen, Lancashire. This state-of-the-art facility marks another important step in the ECB’s drive to expand access to cricket to more young people from all backgrounds, with a particular focus on revitalising the game in state schools.
    The dome at Darwen Cricket Club offers the community a fully enclosed environment designe

  • 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

  • Sports Minister and England Cricket Star visit local primary school giving children their chance to shine

    Today, the Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock and England cricketer Tammy Beaumont visited The Mill Academy primary school in Worsbrough, Barnsley to meet the next generation of budding players.
    The free cricket session, delivered by the cricket charity Chance to Shine in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Yorkshire County Cricket Board, gives children the chance to experie

  • ECB update on transgender participation policy

    Following an extensive consultation, the ECB Board has agreed an updated policy position in relation to transgender participation in women’s professional cricket.
    In reaching its conclusions, the ECB has considered the interaction between fairness, safety and inclusion, all of which are considered important.
    The consultation process was extended last year following the decision of the Intern

  • ECB and Cognizant team up to turbocharge technology in cricket

    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 stars urge kids to get playing in new video as 2024 is on track to be record year for kids’ cricket - under embargo until 11:00AM on 13 August 2024


    STRICTLY UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 11:00AM ON TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2024
    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 ways, w

  • Fran Wilson and TV legend Angellica Bell join 'Taste of Cricket' community event at Bushy Park CC to celebrate its achievements in inclusivity for women and girls

    Ex-England International cricketer, Fran Wilson who is currently starring in The Hundred, was joined by broadcaster Angellica Bell at Bushy Park Cricket Club as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hosted a Taste of Cricket event, supported by Remitly, yesterday (Sunday 21st July) Part of the existing Raising The Game platform, designed to ensure everyone feels welcome to play and enjoy c

  • The ECB launches 'Taste of Cricket' with over 100 events celebrating inclusion and diversity in grassroots game

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced the launch of its Taste of Cricket campaign, supported by Remitly Part of the existing Raising The Game platform, designed to ensure everyone feels welcome to play and enjoy cricket, the campaign will celebrate the unique relationship the sport has with food, through the ‘match tea’ occasion, and its ability to bring communities togeth

  • Cricket interest soars in record year for the game

    As the game gathers in Cardiff today for the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Annual General Meeting, new data shows that the number of people playing, attending or following cricket surged by 2m last year as nailbiting Men’s and Women’s Ashes series captured the nation’s imagination.
    Bumper ticket sales and viewing for both series saw the total jump to 14.7m – up from 12.5m the previous

  • Pakistan party brought to Birmingham ahead of next-level England series

    Former gas works site in Birmingham transformed into celebration of tape ball cricket and South Asian culture to mark the build-up to England vs Pakistan England stars Heather Knight, Adil Rashid, Jamie Goodwin and Dawid Malan took part in a showcase tape ball cricket match alongside women’s cricket fans Kate Lawler and Shazia Mirza Tape ball is a casual form of cricket which started on the stre

  • ECB launches inaugural tape ball competition across Core Cities

    It’s a game of thrills, spills, passion and drama – now a brand new national competition is being launched to showcase the best of tape ball cricket from diverse urban communities across the country.
    Ahead of the start of England Men’s and Women’s international series against Pakistan next month, England stars Adil Rashid, Dawid Malan, Heather Knight and Sophie Ecclestone will today help launch

  • ECB and Initial extend period dignity campaign across recreational cricket

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Initial Washroom Hygiene (Initial) will now offer In Cubicle Period Dignity Dispensers to all grassroots clubs with girls’ sections across England and Wales.The roll-out is a nationwide extension of the pilot programme that has been run across Derbyshire with the support of the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation.ECB’s Head of Female Participation Tessa Whie

  • Tens of thousands more state school children and Black and South Asian cricketers set to benefit from new partnerships to break down cricket’s barriers

    Additional £2m investment in five charity partners to help realise ambition of being the most inclusive sport Work to tackle equity in state school talent and participation, disability, Black and South Asian communities Significant acceleration in work to support communities where cricket has been hard to access
    New and expanded ECB charity partnerships will provide free cricket to more state

  • ECB & Metro Bank pledge to treble number of girls' cricket teams by 2026

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Metro Bank have pledged to treble the number of girls’ cricket teams in England and Wales.
    The two organisations will work together with the aim of transforming access to grassroots cricket by recruiting 6,000 volunteers to grow girls’ cricket so there are 2,000 clubs with a girls' section and 6,000 girls' teams by 2026.
    The announcement follo

  • ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners join forces, taking cricket to hundreds more schools this year

    Through inclusive programmes being rolled out by the ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners, cricket will be taken directly to those children who are at the greatest risk of missing out on playing the game.
    More than 55,000 extra children from underserved communities, and those attending special educational needs and disability schools, are being given the chance to play cricket through targ

  • ECB to celebrate Rainbow Laces

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are supporting Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign across 25 August-28 August.
    It is the fifth time the game has come together to celebrate and encourage LGBTQ+ participation in cricket. The campaign will run across Royal London Cup quarter-finals, The Hundred and – and for the first time – the England Men’s LV= Insurance Test match against South Africa

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