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  • ECB statement on Yorkshire County Cricket Club

    Following Yorkshire CCC's announcement of its proposed refinancing agreement with a consortium led by Colin Graves, the ECB has issued the following statement:
    “The ECB notes today’s announcement by Yorkshire County Cricket Club. We have been in regular contact with the club’s leadership as it has sought to address significant financial challenges, and understand they concluded that this propos

  • England Lions finalise coaching team for Tour of India

    England Men’s Elite Pace Bowling Coach Neil Killeen is set to lead the England Lions on their upcoming tour of India, beginning later this week. The month-long series will feature three four-day matches against India A in Ahmedabad.
    Killeen will head up a coaching team that includes local knowledge and experience, to support the playing group's needs. Notable additions to the coaching staff inc

  • ECB announce 2024 domestic schedule

    Five domestic trophies are set to be decided in September while the Vitality Blast will be staged almost entirely on Thursday nights, Friday nights and at weekends following the release of the 2024 domestic schedule.
    The ECB has confirmed the men’s county and women’s regional domestic fixtures for next summer, which also includes 22 men’s and women’s T20 double headers, while the Charlotte Edwa

  • Chris Liddle appointed England Women Performance Pace Bowling Coach

    Chris Liddle has been appointed as England Women Performance Pace Bowling Coach.
    Liddle arrives from Northamptonshire where he was assistant head coach and lead fast bowling coach.
    The 39-year-old worked with the London Spirit women’s coaching team for the past two years and has worked with the Sunrisers team during the off season as part of his role with Northamptonshire CCC.
    After a

  • 2023 Business of Cricket Awards highlight the best of county cricket

    Eighteen awards were presented at the annual Business of Cricket Awards (BOCAs) at a ceremony at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol on Thursday, 9 November.
    The BOCAs provide an opportunity to reward the innovation and best practice of the First-Class Counties and Marylebone Cricket Club, as well as well as highlighting the work of unsung heroes over the past year.
    Somerset County Cricket Cl

  • Alex Gidman appointed England Women assistant coach

    Alex Gidman has been appointed as England Women assistant coach.
    The 42-year-old arrives from Kent where he was men’s batting coach and joins the England Women’s coaching team.
    A highly respected figure in the men’s game, Gidman previously spent four years as head coach at Worcestershire County Cricket Club who he led to T20 Blast Finals Day in 2019 and was head coach of the white ball tea

  • Rob Andrew joins ECB as Managing Director, Professional Game

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Rob Andrew has been appointed as Managing Director, Professional Game. He will join the ECB from Sussex CCC, where he has been Chief Executive since 2017.
    Formerly an international rugby union player for England Men, he was also Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons and Director of Professional Rugby at the Rugby Football Union (RFU

  • Trailblazing umpire Redfern to make history with LV= Insurance County Championship debut

    Sue Redfern will again break new ground when she becomes the first female umpire to stand in a men's first-class match in England and Wales next week.
    Redfern has been appointed to umpire the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens, which begins on Tuesday 26 September.
    Capped 21 times by England as a player between 1995 and 1999, Redfern ha

  • Sussex receive LV= Insurance County Championship points deduction for breaching Professional Conduct Regulations

    Sussex County Cricket Club has received an automatic 12-point deduction in the LV= Insurance County Championship and captain Cheteshwar Pujara a one-match suspension after the club passed the threshold of receiving four fixed penalties in one season, in accordance with the ECB's Professional Conduct Regulations.Automatic Points Penalty Regulation 4.27 of the Professional Conduct Regulations sets o

  • Middlesex County Cricket Club and Middlesex Cricket Board

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Middlesex County Cricket Club (MCCC) and Middlesex Cricket Board (MCB) have agreed a number of conditions to be imposed on the Club and Board following breaches of the County Partnership Agreement and Financial Regulations.
    Following an investigation into funds provided to Middlesex Cricket Board and Middlesex County Cricket Club by the England and Wal

  • 2024 Vitality Blast Finals Day date confirmed

    Vitality Blast Finals Day will return to September next summer with fans now able to enter the ballot for tickets to county cricket’s showpiece event of the season.
    Edgbaston will host Vitality Blast Finals Day on Saturday 14 September with Somerset looking to defend their title after defeating Essex in the final in front of a sell-out crowd last month.
    The move to September has been made du

  • Metro Bank extends partnership with England & Wales Cricket Board

    Metro Bank to become Official Title Partner for One Day Cricket
    Following the recent announcement that Metro Bank will become the first ever Champion of Women’s and Girls’ Cricket, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announces that Metro Bank will also become Official Title Partner for One Day Cricket.
    This opportunity will see the Bank become title partner of the Metro Bank

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