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  • Roller wins prestigious young journalist award

    Roller wins prestigious young journalist award

    ESPN Cricinfo’s Matt Roller has been judged as the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Journalist of the Year.

    Roller, who was highly commended for the award last year, was the unanimous choice of the judging panel as the 11th edition of the ECB Domestic Journalism Awards were decided.
    The Cricketer Online maintained its grip on the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket award, sec

  • Katherine Brunt took 3-17. Photo: Getty Images/ICC

    Clinical England Women see off Pakistan in Christchurch

    England Women 107-1 beat Pakistan Women 105 by nine wickets
    England Women moved into the top four of the standings in the ICC Women's World Cup with an emphatic victory over Pakistan in Christchurch.
    Katherine Brunt returned to form with 3-17, and Pakistan never really got going after she dismissed Nahida Khan from the first ball of the innings.
    England's seamers and Sophie Ecclestone (3-

  • Cricket Discipline Commission Hearing - Jason Roy

    Cricket Discipline Commission Hearing - Jason Roy

    A Disciplinary Panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission has announced its sanction on Jason Roy after he admitted a charge of conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket, the ECB and himself into disrepute, in breach of ECB Directive 3.3.
    Following a full disciplinary hearing at which all available evidence was h

  • England got home with one wicket to spare. Photo: Getty Images/ICC

    England Women win thriller at Eden Park

    England Women 204-9 beat New Zealand Women 203 by one wicket
    England Women scraped over the line in a thriller at Eden Park to win their second of four must-win games and maintain their hopes of reaching the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finals.
    Up against hosts New Zealand at Eden Park, they were well placed at the interval after the bowlers combined brilliantly to bowl out Sophie Devi

  • ECB appoint five umpires to new Professional Umpires' Team

    ECB appoint five umpires to new Professional Umpires' Team

    Five umpires have been added to the newly-established Professional Umpires’ Team who will officiate in men’s and women’s matches across England and Wales.

    Naeem Ashraf, Anthony Harris, Sue Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam and Jack Shantry join the new 34-person Professional Umpires’ Team, which has been established following an independent review into officiating carried out last year.
    The

  • Knight and Ecclestone were there at the end. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women on the board after victory over India

    England Women 136-6 beat India Women 134 by four wickets
    England Women kept their ICC Women's World Cup hopes alive with a four-wicket win over India in Mount Maunganui.
    Needing to win all four of their remaining games to be in with a chance of making the semi-finals, Heather Knight's bowlers stood up to bowl India out for just 134.
    Anya Shrubsole got her team going in a much improved per

  • South Africa sealed the win in the final over. Photo: Getty Images/ICC

    South Africa overcome England in Mount Maunganui

    South Africa Women 236-7 beat England Women 235-9 by three wickets
    South Africa Women got over the line in another nervy World Cup encounter to consign England Women to their third defeat from three games.
    With four games left, Heather Knight's team are still able to qualify for the semi-finals but in all likelihood will need to win all four games and rely on other results going their way.

  • Cross (27) and Ecclestone (33*) nearly saw England home. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women lose to West Indies in Dunedin

    West Indies Women 225-6 beat England Women 216 by 7 runs
    England Women fell to another narrow defeat in their second ICC Women's World Cup match, losing to West Indies by 7 runs in Dunedin.
    In a topsy-turvy encounter, Heather Knight's side were indebted to Sophie Ecclestone - with both bat and ball - and the young left-arm spinner nearly won it for her team after a fine ninth-wicket partner

  • Worcestershire to host England Physical Disability Team v Lord's Taverners XI

    Worcestershire to host England Physical Disability Team v Lord's Taverners XI

    The England Physical Disability Team will play the world-famous Lord’s Taverners XI in a prestigious match to be played at New Road on Friday, 10 June.

    The match will take place ahead of the Worcestershire Rapids versus Derbyshire Falcons meeting in the Vitality Blast.
    The day will help to raise awareness and funds to support the work of the Lord’s Taverners, which is the UK’s leading yo

  • Sciver scored her fourth ODI ton. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women fall short despite Sciver century

    Australia Women 310-3 beat England Women 298-8 by 12 runs 
    England Women narrowly lost their ICC Women's World Cup opener against Australia Women in Hamilton despite a brave chase.
    Set a record 311 to win, Tammy Beaumont (74) and Nat Sciver (109*) took England to 298-8 but with 16 needed from the final over it wasn't quite enough, with Heather Knight's team falling 12 runs short.
    Sciver h

  • UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): ECB LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S & GIRLS’ PLATFORM WE GOT GAME TO TURBOCHARGE THE PROFILE OF WOMEN’S CRICKET

    UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): ECB LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S & GIRLS’ PLATFORM WE GOT GAME TO TURBOCHARGE THE PROFILE OF WOMEN’S CRICKET

    UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): LINK TO ALL ASSETS AND CONTENT - https://we.tl/t-A2VHsHME5D

    As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 kicks off in New Zealand, and England Women look to defend their title, We Got Game goes live with a standalone Instagram channel and content inspired by both professional and grassroots players

    We Got Game is a new platform designed to e

  • New coaching appointments confirmed for England Disability Teams

    New coaching appointments confirmed for England Disability Teams

    The England Disability Cricket Performance programme has made several new appointments ahead of the 2022 season.
    Former Assistant Coach for the England Learning Disability Squad, Ben Silver, has been recruited as permanent Head Coach of the England Physical Disability Squad. The Leicester-born Silver has worked extensively with Leicestershire County Cricket Club's women's programme in the past

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