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Vitality Blast, 2018

Vitality Blast, 2018

Ticket sales are at record-breaking levels ahead of the first matches of the Vitality Blast on Wednesday night

Captains James Vince and Sam Billings at the toss before the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord's this morning

Attendances up for Royal London One-Day Cup

Today's Royal London One-Day Cup final has attracted a crowd of more than 20,000, only the third domestic Lord's final to do so in the last 10 years, and completing a successful year for the competition

Ryan ten Doeschate suspended and Imran Qayyum and Matt Henry penalised under ECB Discipline Code

Ryan ten Doeschate suspended and Imran Qayyum and Matt Henry penalised under ECB Discipline Code




The England and Wales Cricket Board’s Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) today confirmed that three cricketers have received penalties under the ECB’s Fixed Penalty Directives.
Ryan ten Doeschate was reported by umpires Jeremy Lloyds and Steve O’Shaughnessy during Essex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Lancashire on 9 – 12 June 2018. The Cricket Liaison Officer, Tony

Jon Lewis, who will coach the ECB XI, pictured with Surrey's Will Jacks at the ICC Under-19s World Cup

ECB XI to face India A tourists

An ECB XI has been selected to face India A in the first match of their tour at Emerald Headingley on Sunday (June 17), as a result of Yorkshire's involvement in the knockout stages of the Royal London One-Day Cup

Moeen Ali celebrates a wicket with Ben Cox during Worcestershire's win at Warwickshire which secured a home semi final for the Rapids for the second consecutive year - Getty Images

Royal London One-Day Cup - Play-Offs and Semi Final details

Worcestershire Rapids and Hampshire are one win away from the Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord’s, leaving Essex Eagles, Yorkshire Vikings, Kent Spitfires and the holders Notts Outlaws to square up in next Thursday’s Play-Offs for the right to meet them in the semi finals.
The Outlaws will have home advantage against Kent after a crushing victory over Derbyshire Falcons in the last round o

ECB announce new Test Partners

ECB announce new Test Partners

ECB today announced two new partnerships for Test cricket ahead of the first Test against Pakistan next week.
NatWest, ECB Principal Partner, has strengthened its commitment to cricket by becoming the Title Partner of the Pakistan Test Series while Specsavers will take over as Official Test Partner from the India Series through to the end of 2019, including next year’s Specsavers Ashes Series.<

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