Jacob Bethell upgraded from a Development Contract to a Central Contract
Three players - Jofra Archer, Byrdon Carse and Matthew Potts - awarded extensions until 2026
England and Warwickshire batter Jacob Bethell has been awarded an England Men’s Central Contract upgrade. The 21-year-old, who made his Test debut last week during England’s first Test victory over New Zealand in Christchurch
Disability cricket will break new ground in 2025 with the first pan-disability series between two countries, with India Men coming to England to compete in an IT20 series across June and July.
The format – pioneered by the Disability Premier League here in the UK – sees a team of mixed impairment players playing together, with players from the Learning Disability, Physical Disability and Deaf s
All-rounder Freya Kemp will return home from England Women’s multiformat tour of South Africa today.
The decision has been made to manage her workload and help her prepare for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia.
Kemp was last month selected in all three squads (T20, ODI and Test) to tour South Africa and featured in all three of England’s T20 matches.
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England Women recorded a nine-wicket victory against South Africa in their final IT20 match of the series at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
Heather Knight’s side headed into the match having sealed a series win after taking a 2-0 lead earlier this week.
The tourists raced to their target of 125 with 51 balls to spare, opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge finishing unbeaten on 53 and Sophia Dunkley on 24 n
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
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
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).
Both pla
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
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
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 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
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
