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​IG partners with England Cricket in pursuing new levels of performance and success

​IG partners with England Cricket in pursuing new levels of performance and success

The world leading trading and investments provider has agreed a three-year deal to be an Official Partner of England Cricket.


IG, a global leader in online trading and investments, has today been announced as an Official Partner of England Cricket. The partnership will see IG support both the men’s and women’s teams, with the IG logo appearing on the men’s shirt across all three form

Media Advisory - June 1

Media Advisory - June 1

June 1 marks 50 days to go until the first game of The Hundred, with Oval Invincibles hosting Manchester Originals at the Kia Oval on July 21.
On June 1, 100 Dynamos participants will take part in a taster session at the Kia Oval, alongside players from The Hundred.
What: The Hundred does Dynamos Cricket taster session
When: June 1, 9am-12pm.
Where: The Kia Oval
Who: Players from ea

Melbourne Cricket Ground to stage the Boxing Day Men's Ashes Test (Getty Images)

Ashes 2021-22 schedule confirmed

Men’s Ashes Test Series will commence in Brisbane on 8 December 2021 The fifth Men’s Ashes Test will take place at Optus Stadium, Perth on 14 January 2022 Women’s Ashes will start on 27 January 2022 in Canberra
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have confirmed the Men’s and Women’s Ashes schedule for 2021-22 to be staged in Australia.
Men’s Ashes Tes

England Men's Head Coach Chris Silverwood (Getty Images)

Chris Silverwood names squad for LV= Insurance Test Series against New Zealand

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 3.00PM (BST) ON TUESDAY 18 MAY 2021

England Men’s Head Coach Chris Silverwood has named a 15-player squad for the two-match LV= Insurance Test Series against New Zealand starting at Lord’s on Wednesday 2 June 2021.
England Men’s Test Squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
James Bracey (Gloucestershire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghams

BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING AND THE HUNDRED ARE BRINGING LIVE MUSIC BACK TO THE UK THIS SUMMER

BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING AND THE HUNDRED ARE BRINGING LIVE MUSIC BACK TO THE UK THIS SUMMER

After a year of cancelled live music festivals and gigs, The Hundred guarantees live performances at each of its 68 games courtesy of BBC Music Introducing.
Live music artists performing at every game DJs embedded in each of the eight city-based teams Hosts from the world of entertainment announced for each team
The Hundred - a new 100-ball cricket competition - today announces an unprec

​ECB Board appointments ratified

​ECB Board appointments ratified

The appointment of Baroness Valerie Amos as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the ECB has been unanimously ratified at the Annual General Meeting today.
The ECB’s 41 members also unanimously ratified the reappointment of the other continuing directors - Ian Watmore, Alan Dickinson, Barry O’Brien, Brenda Trenowden, Jim Wood, Katie Bickerstaffe, Lucy Pearson, Martin Darlow, Ron Kalifa, Sco

​Baroness Amos appointed as ECB Independent Non-Executive Director

​Baroness Amos appointed as ECB Independent Non-Executive Director

Baroness Valerie Amos is to join the ECB Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Vastly experienced in public service, education and charitable roles, Valerie Amos has served as a Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to Australia, has led two major university institutions, and spent five years as Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations. She is a member o

ECB and Lord’s Taverners partnership to make disability cricket accessible in every county

ECB and Lord’s Taverners partnership to make disability cricket accessible in every county

A game changing £2m partnership will make life-changing disability cricket accessible in every county in England and Wales as part of the biggest investment into a disability cricket programme.
Launched today (April 29) the landmark partnership between the Lord’s Taverners and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will see the Super 1s disability cricket programme launched in every county a

ECB donates to The ACE Programme in support of The Captain Tom Foundation

ECB donates to The ACE Programme in support of The Captain Tom Foundation

To tie in with the work of The Captain Tom Foundation and to bring together the cricket family to harness the spirit of Sir Tom and raise money for charity, the ECB will be donating £100 to The ACE Programme for every hundred scored during professional and recreational cricket over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The ACE Programme is a charity designed to engage a new generation of Black player

​Cricket to support social media boycott

​Cricket to support social media boycott

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) along with all 18 First-Class Counties, the eight Women's Regional teams and the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the football community in taking part in a social media boycott from 15:00 BST on Friday 30 April to 23:59 BST on Monday 3 May.
In taking part in this boycott, we want to show solidarity with fo

Cricket Stars Team Up with Dr Ranj to Help Kids Get Outdoors and Active Again

Cricket Stars Team Up with Dr Ranj to Help Kids Get Outdoors and Active Again

England cricketers Chris Woakes and Sophie Ecclestone, who are also set to play in The Hundred this summer, have written a letter to more than 150,000 kids and their parents around the country about the positive role cricket can play in their lives The two international players visited their old primary schools to read the letters to pupils Exacerbated by the pandemic, a recent survey has reveal

England head coach Chris Silverwood (Getty Images)

ECB confirms restructure to selection of England Men's senior teams

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced a restructure of its selection system for men's international teams.
As part of the restructure, the role of National Selector, currently held by Ed Smith, who was appointed in spring 2018, will no longer exist, and Smith will leave the ECB at the end of the month. In those three years England have enjoyed success across all formats,

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