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  • Ben Foakes ruled out of LV= Insurance Test Series

    Foakes has torn his left hamstring Kent’s Sam Billings and Nottinghamshire’s Haseeb Hameed added to the Test squad
    Surrey and England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes is ruled out of the forthcoming LV= Insurance Test series against New Zealand after tearing his left hamstring.
    Foakes, who was selected in the England men’s squad earlier this month, was set to play his first Test in home conditions

  • ​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

    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

  • 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

  • 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

    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

    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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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