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Luke Wells joins after a strong campaign in the Vitality T20 Blast. Photo: Getty Images

Luke Wells and Chris Cooke join Welsh Fire alongside Emily Windsor and Ella McCaughan

Welsh Fire have now confirmed their squads as the Vitality Wildcard selections in the men’s competition and the final round of signings in the women’s competition have been announced.
Vitality Blast stars Luke Wells and Chris Cooke will join Mike Hussey’s Welsh Fire at Sophia Gardens this summer after excellent performances in the T20 format. Cooke will feel very at home at Cardiff while Wells
Ami Campbell for Manchester Originals. CREDIT: ECB/Getty

Manchester Originals confirm final squads after Vitality Wildcard Draft

With under three weeks to the opening game, Manchester Originals have confirmed their squads for the third year of The Hundred.
In the Vitality Wildcard Draft, the men’s team have signed Max Holden and re-signed Fred Klaassen. Ami Campbell, Amara Carr, Mahika Gaur and Laura Jackson have all signed for the women’s team, as they complete their squad.
Meanwhile, Usama Mir has also been signed

England Men's Performance Director Mo Bobat to leave ECB

England Men's Performance Director Mo Bobat to leave ECB

England Men’s Performance Director Mo Bobat is to leave the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) early next year to take up a new opportunity in cricket.

Bobat, who joined the ECB in 2011, has overseen the England Men’s pathway for the past four years, identifying, developing and preparing the pipeline of players that form England’s extensive talent pool across all formats.
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The ECB sets out action to make cricket more inclusive following ICEC report

The ECB sets out action to make cricket more inclusive following ICEC report


The ECB is today publishing details of further steps it will take to make cricket a more inclusive sport in response to the recent report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC).

Wide-ranging action aims to tackle discrimination and break down barriers for women and girls, people from lower socio-economic groups, and ethnically diverse communities.
It will accele

Trailblazing umpire Redfern to make history with LV= Insurance County Championship debut

Trailblazing umpire Redfern to make history with LV= Insurance County Championship debut

Sue Redfern will again break new ground when she becomes the first female umpire to stand in a men's first-class match in England and Wales next week.

Redfern has been appointed to umpire the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens, which begins on Tuesday 26 September.
Capped 21 times by England as a player between 1995 and 1999, Redfer

Somerset's Tom Kohler-Cadmore added to England Men's ODI Squad

Somerset's Tom Kohler-Cadmore added to England Men's ODI Squad

In preparation for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India starting next month, Yorkshire and England Men's batter Joe Root is to be rested for the remaining matches in the Metro Bank ODI series against Ireland. In light of this, the National Selectors have added Somerset batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore to bolster the England ODI squad.
Kohler-Cadmore is set to join the team in Nottingham following

In Cubicle Period Dignity Dispensers provide free and discreet access to period products.

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 Te

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