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Paige Scholfield and Hollie Armitage are both named in all three squads. Pic: ECB/ECB via Getty Images

England Women A squads to tour Australia confirmed

The England Women A squads to tour Australia have been confirmed.
The group, led by England Women A Head Coach and Performance Batting Coach Jon Lewis, will play three T20s, three 50-over matches and a four-day match against Australia A.
Returning batter Paige Scholfield, who had to withdraw from England Women’s tour to South Africa in November 2024, is named in all three squads. She is join

David Warner, Georgia Voll, Sophie Devine and Jamie Overton picked in The Hundred Draft

David Warner, Georgia Voll, Sophie Devine and Jamie Overton picked in The Hundred Draft

David Warner, Georgia Voll and Jamie Overton were three of the biggest names to be selected in The Hundred Draft today.
Australia's Georgia Voll was the first pick in the women’s competition, while big-hitting England all-rounder Jamie Overton went first in the men’s competition.
Legendary Australian opener David Warner will join Overton and Justin Langer in calling Lord's their new home. En

Maxwell, Dottin, Warner, Healy and Russell among players in The Hundred Draft

Maxwell, Dottin, Warner, Healy and Russell among players in The Hundred Draft

International superstars Glenn Maxwell, Deandra Dottin, Sophie Devine, David Warner, Andre Russell and Alyssa Healy are some of the big names available to teams in The Hundred Draft, scheduled to take place on Wednesday 12 March.
The big name overseas stars are joined by a group of top-class domestic names also vying to be picked ahead of the fifth year of the competition, including Jamie Overt

Jos Buttler to stand down as England Men's white ball captain

Jos Buttler to stand down as England Men's white ball captain

Jos Buttler has announced he will step down as England Men’s white ball captain on Saturday, after the team’s final game of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy against South Africa.
Buttler presided over our 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup winning campaign in Australia and will continue to make himself available for selection.
Buttler said: “This is the right decision for me and it’s the right decision f

Vikram Banerjee appointed Managing Director, The Hundred

Vikram Banerjee appointed Managing Director, The Hundred

The ECB has appointed Vikram Banerjee as Managing Director of The Hundred, giving him responsibility for accelerating the competition's global growth. This appointment follows his successful leadership in attracting strategic investors to The Hundred, resulting in a combined valuation of £975 million for the eight teams within just four years of the competition’s inception.
In his new role, Vik

Grace Potts (Lancashire) and Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surrey) were called up to England’s senior Test squad for the tour of South Africa in December 2024 and are both part of the pace bowling performance programme.

England Women Cricket Pathway (EWCP) squad head to Abu Dhabi for training camp

A 15-player England Women Cricket Pathway (EWCP) squad will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training camp.
The camp is an opportunity for the six players involved in the England Women Pace Bowling Performance Programme to further their skills in warm conditions and an opportunity for further players across different skill sets to gain some competitive scenario practice.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surr

Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan join The Hundred

Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan join The Hundred

Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan among a superstar list of Direct Signings 148 places confirmed through retentions and Direct Signings, 68 left to fill at The Hundred Draft on 12 March England players retained include Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Sophie Ecclestone Ellyse Perry, Tim Southee, Hayley Matthews and Phoebe Litchfield some of the oversea

England Men's Mixed Disability team will be formed of Physical Disability, Learning Disability and Hearing Impaired players.

Pioneering mixed disability series to play at Lord’s

England Men’s Mixed Disability team will play at Lord’s against India as part of their pioneering seven-match IT20 series, with visits to three other First-Class grounds among the tour itinerary.
India will come to England in late June, to compete in a trailblazing Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability series – the first of its kind at international level in cricket, bringing together the Physical Dis

England's Jamie Smith (Getty Images/ICC)

England Men name XI for ICC Champions Trophy opener against Australia

England Men have confirmed their XI for their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy against Australia on Saturday in Lahore.
Jamie Smith returns to the side, batting at No.3 and taking the gloves as wicketkeeper. Jofra Archer is selected alongside fellow seamers Brydon Carse and Mark Wood.

England XI:
1. Phil Salt
2. Ben Duckett
3. Jamie Smith (WK)
4. Joe Root
5. Harry

Hampshire and England Lions seamer Sonny Baker (ECB Collection)

Sonny Baker Awarded England Men’s Development Contract

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has awarded Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker a Men’s Development Contract, which will run until September 2025.
Baker, 21, will join Hampshire for the start of the 2025 season after previously playing for Somerset. The pace bowler has excelled over the winter, culminating in a successful England Lions tour of Australia last month, which caught the at

Bidders enter exclusivity period to become partners in The Hundred teams

Bidders enter exclusivity period to become partners in The Hundred teams

Parties chosen after comprehensive three-round bidding process which attracted interest from around the world Subject to successful conclusion of deals, they will partner with host clubs to run each Hundred team and help realise global ambitions for the competition The eight teams have been valued at a total of just over £975m, with more than £520m set to be injected into the professional and rec

Somerset and England batter Tom Banton (Getty Images)

England Men call up Tom Banton as cover for third ODI against India

England Men have called up Somerset batter Tom Banton as cover for the third ODI against India in Ahmedabad, which starts on Wednesday.
Warwickshire batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell, who featured in the first ODI defeat in Nagpur, has sustained a left hamstring injury. The injury will be assessed further when the team arrive in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Banton, who last played for England in an

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