The England Men U19s selectors have confirmed the 15-player squad for the 2026 ICC Men’s U19s World Cup, which begins in Namibia and Zimbabwe next month.
England Men U19s World Cup squad:
Thomas Rew (Somerset – captain)
Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire – vice-captain)
Ralphie Albert (Surrey)
Ben Dawkins (Kent)
Caleb Falconer (Middlesex)
Ali Farooq (Leicestershire)
Alex French
England Men’s Mixed Disability team will travel to India on their first overseas tour in January 2026, after a successful trial home series this summer.
Selectors have named a 15-strong squad, with four new faces added to the group who beat the same opposition 6-1 in the first-ever series of Mixed Disability international cricket earlier this year.
Callum Flynn will continue as captain, with
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced 17 full England Women’s Central Contracts and four Skills contracts for 2025/26.
Ten players have received new one-year contracts, with seven players in the second year of their current terms.
Em Arlott and Emma Lamb have been awarded Skills Contracts for the first time, while Linsey Smith earns her first full Central Contract.
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Deals have now been completed with strategic partners for all eight teams in The Hundred, marking a new era for the competition.
Surrey County Cricket Club and Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, today announced their partnership. This follows the completion of a deal which gives the organisations 51% and 49% stakes in the fran
England Men U19s ended their tour of the Caribbean with a 59-run defeat to West Indies Men 19s in the seventh Youth ODI in Grenada.
The Young Lions bowled the hosts out for 213, with Surrey seamer Alex French claiming three for 21.
Caleb Falconer top scored in the chase with 52 but the tourists were bowled out for 154 to lose the series 5-2. Aadian Racha and Micah McKenzie took four wickets
An unbeaten century from captain Joshua Dorne steered West Indies Men U19s to a series-clinching win over England Men U19s in the sixth Youth ODI in Grenada.
Dorne struck 102 from 101 balls – the first hundred of the series - to help his side to a four-wicket win after the Young Lions were bowled out for 221.
Farhan Ahmed top scored for the tourists with 54, while opener Isaac Mohammed added
Ros Trinick is to join the ECB leadership team as Communications Director in the new year, leading communications strategy across the organisation to help build engagement and grow cricket’s reach.
As Communications Director, Ros will lead across public affairs, media relations, internal communications, social media and content. She is expected to begin work at the ECB in February.
She will
England Men U19s kept alive their Youth ODI series against West Indies Men U19s with a two-wicket win on the back of stand-out performances from openers Ben Dawkins and Isaac Mohammed.
Dawkins and Mohammed shared a 151-run opening stand to set the platform for the Young Lions to reel in the hosts’ 276 for nine with an over to spare.
Kent batter Dawkins maintained his good form falling just t
The full schedule for the men’s and women’s county season and the Toyota Disability Premier League has today been announced.
Ten trophies will be contested across 177 days of the season, which will begin with the opening round of the Rothesay County Championship on Friday 3 April.
Rothesay County Championship
Nottinghamshire begin the defence of their Rothesay County Championship title aw
England Men U19s suffered a 98-run defeat to West Indies Men U19s in the fourth Youth ODI in Grenada to go 3-1 down in the seven-game series.
Kent opener Ben Dawkins struck 78 but regular wickets meant the Young Lions were bowled out for 182 in pursuit of the hosts’ 280 for seven.
Luke Hands took three for 63 and skipper Farhan Ahmed, again opening the bowling with his finger spin, was impre
The new-look Vitality Blast will ‘Blast Off’ with 16 double headers across the opening Bank Holiday Weekend of the men’s and women’s competitions next season.
Somerset begin the defence of their Vitality Blast Men’s Competition title with a home rematch of last season’s final against Hampshire Hawks on the opening Friday night.
Vitality Blast Women’s Competition champions Surrey are at home
A dominant performance from England Men U19s spinners paved the way for a 130-run win over West Indies Men U19s in the third Youth ODI in Grenada.
Captain Farhan Ahmed, Ralphie Albert and Jack Nelson each claimed three wickets to bowl out the hosts for 119 in 30.3 overs.
The Young Lions had posted 249 for nine as Caleb Falconer top-scored with 43, while Albert added 37 from 31 balls.
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