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  • The Women's Ashes is 4-2 to Australia. Photo: Getty Images

    Final Ashes IT20 abandoned due to further rain

    England Women v Australia Women - match abandoned due to rain
    The IT20 leg of the multi-format Women's Ashes series ended with another abandoned game today, leaving the score at 4-2 to Australia heading into the Test match.

    The multi-format Ashes is the best of 16 points, with two points each for a white-ball game and four points for the Test match.
    The Test match gets underway at Man

  • The game was abandoned after 4.1 overs.

    Rain in Adelaide sees points shared

    England Women v Australia Women - match abandoned due to rain
    The second IT20 between England Women and Australia Women at the Adelaide Oval was abandoned due to rain after 4.1 overs.
    It means the two available points were shared, with the score in the multi-format series now 3-1 Australia after two games. The two teams meet again at the same venue tomorrow for the final match of the IT20 le

  • Vitality Blast final re-match to open the 20th edition of the T20 competition

    Vitality Blast final re-match to open the 20th edition of the T20 competition

    This year’s Vitality Blast marks the 20th edition of domestic T20 cricket with new branding for the competition unveiled today Champions Kent Spitfires host Somerset on opening night – May 25 The competition will run over seven weeks, with Finals Day at Edgbaston on July 16 already sold out More matches in fan-friendly slots with 99 of the 126 group-stages games to be played on a Thursday, Friday

  • ECB announce 2022 domestic fixtures

    ECB announce 2022 domestic fixtures

    LV= Insurance County Championship returns to two divisions with the opening round starting on April 7 There will be five LV= Insurance County Championship rounds in June and July Women’s regional summer begins with the Charlotte Edwards Cup from May 14 Lord’s to host Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final on Sunday, September 25 Royal London Cup final returns to a Saturday at Trent Bridge Vitality Bla

  • Tahlia McGrath was Player of the Match. Photo: Getty Images

    McGrath takes Australia Women to Ashes lead

    Australia Women 170-1 beat England Women 169-4 by 9 wickets
    A stunning all-round performance from Tahlia McGrath saw Australia Women win the first IT20 of the Women's Ashes and go 2-0 up in the multi-format series.
    The all-rounder bludgeoned 91 from just 49 balls to chase down England's 169-4, and eclipse the visitors' promising showing with the bat. Earlier, McGrath had taken 3-26 to peg En

  • Entries open for ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards

    Entries open for ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards

    The England and Wales Cricket Board, in association with the Cricket Writers’ Club, are welcoming entries for the 11th Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards.

    The awards are presented across five categories and are judged by a panel of highly-respected journalists and broadcasters from across the world.
    The closing date for entries is Sunday, 13 February 2022. Entries are to be sent via emai

  • The Women's Ashes will now start on January 20. Photo: Getty Images

    Schedule updated for Women's Ashes tour

    Cricket Australia (CA) and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced changes to the Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes schedule.
    The multi-format Women’s Ashes series will now begin a week earlier than originally planned, on Thursday 20 January. The series will start with three IT20s at the Adelaide Oval, followed by the Test match at Manuka Oval in Canberra, which remains on Janu

  • England Men name squad for West Indies IT20s

    England Men name squad for West Indies IT20s

    Eoin Morgan will captain a 16-player squad for England men’s International Twenty20 matches against West Indies next month.

    Paul Collingwood will stand in as head coach for the five-match series, which will be played in Barbados from January 22-30. Marcus Trescothick will join the squad as an assistant coach.
    The squad includes 11 players who travelled to the United Arab Emirates for th

  • Tom Prest (L) and Jacob Bethell (R) pictured this summer. Photo: Getty Images

    Young Lions announce England U19 World Cup squad

    The England U19 selection panel, headed up by Head Coach Richard Dawson, have selected a 15-strong squad and two travelling reserves for the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup.
    The tournament will take place in the Caribbean in January, with England drawn in Group A alongside 2020 winners Bangladesh, Canada and United Arab Emirates. England won the Plate Final in the 2020 tournament.
    Richard Da

  • England Women celebrate victory over New Zealand. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women announce Women's Ashes squad and England Women's A squad

    England Women have announced their Women's Ashes squad and the England Women's A squad which will accompany the senior group throughout the tour.
    There is a 17-strong senior group, and 12 players in the England Women's A squad.
    Selection will focus on the senior group but there is scope for members of the England Women's A squad to be called into the Ashes squad while on tour.
    England Wom

  • Eileen Ash at the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup final. Photo: Tom Shaw

    ECB pays tribute to Eileen Ash

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Eileen Ash at the age of 110.
    Ash, who made her Test debut against Australia in 1937, was a remarkable woman who led an extraordinary life.
    A right-arm seamer, Ash (née Whelan) made her Test debut against Australia at Northampton in 1937 and went on to represent her country on seven occasions either side o

  • Emirates Old Trafford head groundsman Matt Merchant (right) accepts his award from ECB Head of Cricket Operations (First-Class) Alan Fordham

    Merchant wins top ECB Grounds Manager award for third time

    Lancashire’s Matt Merchant has won the ECB 3 & 4-Day Grounds Manager of the Year Award for the third time following an awards ceremony at the Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester.

    Long-serving Merchant, who first joined the ground staff at Emirates Old Trafford as a 16-year-old in 1990, was recognised for his outstanding pitches in multi-day cricket.
    Merchant first won the Bernard F

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