ECB today announced the appointment of Ian Lovett as its new President.
The former Middlesex Chairman and ECB Deputy Chairman will take up the role with immediate effect after his nomination was ratified by the 41 members of the ECB.
Ian will act as an ambassador for ECB and the wider game, promoting the organisation’s strategic aims to make cricket a sport for everyone.
He was elected v
The 18 First-Class Counties have agreed to a number of proposals which will bring around changes to the men's domestic structure from 2020 onwards.
These proposals followed the appointment in the summer of the Men’s Domestic Playing Programme group (MDDP), chaired by Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan and drawn from different sections of the men’s county game and ECB.
The group was a
Andrew Strauss moves aside after three and a half years as Director of England Cricket.
The England & Wales Cricket Board [ECB] today received the independent external review into ‘actions taken and processes followed in relation to payments of £2.5 million to Glamorgan County Cricket Club between December 2017 and June 2018’.
Publication of the report - which was commissioned by ECB and prepared by an independent team from the Good Governance Institute [GGI] - follows present
The ECB and ICC today announced their strategic plan to use the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 to boost cricket participation and help drive the long-term growth of the game in England and Wales.
It will use the iconic global sporting event - the biggest prize in world cricket - to inspire and engage 1 million young people, aged between 5 and 12, in the next year.
A core pillar of this plan is t
England ODI squad revealed for next month's tour of Sri Lanka
After yesterday's victory at the Kia Oval completed a busy international summer with a 4-1 win over India in the Specsavers Test Series, the England management have asked for the majority of the squad to take a break before winter trips to Sri Lanka and West Indies - with the squad for the One-Day series in Sri Lanka to be named later this week, ahead of their departure on September 30.
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ECB will host six pilot days, between 14 and 27 September, as it continues to develop the new competition for 2020. Pilot days with women players will be run at Loughborough on 14, 15 and 27 September. Pilot days with men will be staged at Trent Bridge on 16, 17 and 18 September.
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The media centre at Trent Bridge will be open on Monday 17 September for Wi-Fi, p
ECB have today announced a 16-man Visually Impaired (VI) squad for their upcoming tour of India.
The side will take on World Champions India in three IT20s before competing in a Tri-Series against India and Sri Lanka.
Sam Murray returns to the squad after taking time out of the sport to become a Para-Rower for Team GB. Darren Paddick has been called up for his first tour after impressing in
The line-up for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals has been confirmed with all four matches to be shown live on Sky Sports:
Kent Spitfires v Lancashire Lightning - Thursday 23 August (7pm)
Durham Jets v Sussex Sharks - Friday 24 August (6.30pm)
Worcestershire Rapids v Gloucestershire - Saturday 25 August (3pm)
Somerset v Nottinghamshire Outlaws - Sunday 26 August (3pm)
England cricket fans have voted for their best-ever men’s Test XI to celebrate the 1000th England men’s Test match at Edgbaston, starting on Wednesday 1st August.
Cricket fans from across the country were invited to pick their team from over 100 players ranging from W.G. Grace in the 1880s to current Test captain Joe Root in a survey completed by over 6,000 England cricket fans.
After two w
ECB is once again supporting Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign for LGBT inclusion in sport.
