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Salaries to rise in The Hundred in 2025

Salaries to rise in The Hundred in 2025

The salary pot in The Hundred will increase by 25 per cent in 2025.
All salary bands across the men’s and women’s competitions have increased from 2024 to 2025.
From next season, players in the top bracket in The Hundred men’s competition will earn £200,000. In The Hundred women’s competition, players in the top bracket will earn £65,000.
For the 2024 season, salaries in the men’s competi

Tammy Beaumont celebrates her 50 runs. Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Beaumont steers England Women to ODI series win over South Africa

England Women recorded a six-wicket victory over South Africa in a rain-affected encounter to seal a 2-1 one day international series win in Potchefstroom on Wednesday.
Set a revised target of 152 in 23 overs, opener Tammy Beaumont’s 65 from 46 balls and a sublime fifth-wicket stand of 90 with Amy Jones sealed the win after the tourists had slipped to 25-3 with Proteas all-rounder Marizanne Ka

England Women level ODI series with victory in Durban

England Women level ODI series with victory in Durban

England Women earned a six-wicket win over South Africa to level the One Day International series in Durban.
Player of the match Charlie Dean recorded 4-45 as the hosts were bowled out for 135 in 31.3 overs.
Sophie Ecclestone and seamer Lauren Filer took three wickets each.
Filer bowled Tazmin Brits and Suné Luus leaving the Proteas at 14-2 inside the first four overs.
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England Women defeated in ODI series opener in South Africa

England Women defeated in ODI series opener in South Africa

England Women suffered a six-wicket defeat in their first one day international against South Africa in Kimberley.
Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt’s unbeaten 59 from 114 balls helped her side reach their 187 target after 38 overs. Nadine de Klerk's 48 not out sealed the victory.
Lauren Bell, Charlie Dean, Lauren Filer and Nat Sciver-Brunt all took wickets.
Winning the toss and choosing t

Jacob Bethell (left) and Brydon Carse earn upgrades on their central contracts. (Getty Images)

Jacob Bethell awarded central contract upgrade


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

The pan-disability Disability Premier League was introduced in 2022. Photo: Getty Images

Pioneering pan-disability international series to take place between England Men and India Men

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

England Women squad update: Freya Kemp

England Women squad update: Freya Kemp

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 seal victory for IT20 series clean sweep in South Africa

England Women seal victory for IT20 series clean sweep in South Africa

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 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).
Both pla

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

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