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Durham wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson (Getty Images)

Durham’s Ollie Robinson added to England Men’s Test Squad

Durham wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Robinson has been added to the England Men’s Test squad for the tour of New Zealand. Robinson replaces Essex’s Jordan Cox, who sustained a fractured right thumb during the team’s warm-up period over the weekend in Queenstown.
This marks the 25-year-old Robinson’s first call-up to the senior England squad. He has delivered solid performances for Durham in the Cou

Danni Wyatt-Hodge became the first England Women’s player to score 3000 IT20 runs. Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Wyatt-Hodge, Glenn and Sciver-Brunt star as England Women seal IT20 series with win over South Africa

England Women recorded a 36-run victory over South Africa to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match IT20 series.
The tourists hit their joint third highest total in women's T20 internationals in Benoni, setting the Proteas a target of 205.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge hit 78 from 45 becoming the first England Women’s player to score 3000 IT20 runs while Nat Sciver-Brunt finished unbeaten o

Seren Smale joins up with the IT20 group today

England Women squad update: Seren Smale and Ryana MacDonald-Gay

Wicketkeeper-batter Seren Smale has been called up to England Women’s IT20 and Test squads touring South Africa.
Lancashire’s Smale joins up with the IT20 group today following the withdrawal of Bess Heath who suffered a fractured thumb.
Meanwhile, seamer Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been called up to the Test squad.
She will join up with the group tomorrow (Wednesday 27 November).
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Surrey begin Rothesay County Championship defence with local derby

Surrey begin Rothesay County Championship defence with local derby

Surrey will begin their bid for a fourth successive Men's Rothesay County Championship title at local rivals Essex following release of the full 2025 county schedule.
The fixtures for the County Championship, which will be title sponsored by Rothesay for the next three years, and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s and men’s competitions have today been confirmed alongside dates for the Disability P

Sciver-Brunt’s half century helps England Women earn win over South Africa

Sciver-Brunt’s half century helps England Women earn win over South Africa

Nat Sciver-Brunt's half-century led England Women to a four-wicket win over South Africa in their opening IT20 match in East London.

England needed 57 from the final six overs but Amy Jones and Sciver-Brunt hit 22 from the 15th over to swing momentum England’s way and reach their target of 143.
Spinner Charlie Dean was the pick of England bowlers with 2-21, which included the key wicket

 England Women squad update: Bess Heath

England Women squad update: Bess Heath

Wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath has been withdrawn from England Women’s IT20 squad touring South Africa after suffering a thumb injury in training.
An x-ray revealed Heath suffered a fractured thumb which means she is ruled out for the duration of the series.
Heath will now return to the UK to begin her rehabilitation with the ECB medical team.
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England & Essex's Jordan Cox (Getty Images)

Jordan Cox ruled out of the Test series against New Zealand

England Men's batter-wicketkeeper, Jordan Cox, has been ruled out from the upcoming Test series against New Zealand after sustaining a fractured right thumb during a net session in Queenstown.
The Essex player, poised to make his Test debut in Christchurch next week as a stand-in for Jamie Smith (on paternity leave), suffered the injury ahead of play on day two of the two-day tour match against

Left to right: Josh Marden of Beckenham CC (Outgrounds Trophy winner), Lee Fortis of Surrey CCC (Benard Flack Memorial Trophy winner), Steve Martin of Kent CCC (One Day Cup winner)

Surrey's Lee Fortis claims top Grounds Manager award for third consecutive year

Surrey’s Head of Ground Staff, Lee Fortis has claimed the award for the best multi-day pitches for the third consecutive year at the 2024 Grounds Manager of the Year Awards held at Trent Bridge.
Fortis and his team at the Kia Oval earned consistently outstanding marks for their County Championship and Rothesay Test pitches during the 2024 domestic and international season to win the Bernard Fla

Historic 2025 Vitality Blast schedule confirmed

Historic 2025 Vitality Blast schedule confirmed

All 18 first-class counties will host at least one women’s and men’s Vitality Blast double header next season after the schedule for a historic 2025 domestic T20 summer was revealed today.
The 2025 season will be the first time all women’s and men’s county teams will play side by side in the Vitality Blast, the original domestic T20 cricket comptition that delivers fast-paced and explosive acti

Draw revealed for first ever Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup

Draw revealed for first ever Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup

The draw for the inaugural Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup has been unveiled.
Thirty-seven teams from across the three tiers of the women’s domestic structure will enter the knock-out competition, with the Tier 1 teams entering at Round Three.
The knock-out nature of the Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup will give Counties in Tier 2 and Tier 3 the chance to pull off a giant-killing against ful

 England Women squad update: Paige Scholfield

England Women squad update: Paige Scholfield

Paige Scholfield has been withdrawn from the England Women IT20 squad to tour South Africa after suffering an ankle injury.
Scholfield sustained the injury during a training session on Tuesday and following further assessment she will now return to the UK to begin her rehabilitation.
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Alice Capsey called up to England Women IT20 squad for South Africa tour

Alice Capsey called up to England Women IT20 squad for South Africa tour

Alice Capsey has been called up to the England Women IT20 squad for the upcoming series in South Africa.
The 20-year old links up with the group due to a couple of minor injury concerns within the squad.
Capsey, who has been playing for Melbourne Renegades during this season’s Women’s Big Bash League, will join up with the group in South Africa today.
England begin their three-match IT2

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