Surrey Start Title Defence By Hosting Essex
Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures announced for 2019.
Durham and Worcestershire honoured at Business of Cricket Awards
Durham and Worcestershire were the big winners at the Business of Cricket Awards (BOCAs) last night.
The BOCAs, hosted by BBC broadcaster Mark Chapman at The Emirates Old Trafford, aim to recognise non-playing excellence in the professional game.
Durham picked up three gongs including Best Commercial Partnership and Most Improved Match Day Experience. David Jackson received the Rising Star A
ECB to recruit 2,000 South Asian female mentors to develop the next generation of cricketers
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today celebrated the progress already achieved via the South Asian Action Plan as it announced £1.2million of funding to develop a network of 2,000 female role models. The grant from the National Lottery awarded by Sport England, will be used to retain, develop and expand cricket’s female volunteer network.
The new volunteer ‘activators’ will combine coachi
Billings The Main Man On Day One For The Lions
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England Lions captain Sam Billings made 74 on day one of the 'Test' versus Pakistan A as his side reached 240 before Mark Wood and Jamie Overton took a wicket apiece to reduce the hosts to 33-2 at the close.
Billings won the toss and chose to bat in Abu Dhabi. The Middlesex duo of Nick Gubbins and Max Holden opened up for the Lions, as part of a batting line-up with no shortage of
Design Prize For Bowlers' Headgear
The England and Wales Cricket Board and MCC are looking for innovative designs in the field of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Cricket Remembers: ECB commemorates the cricketers of the First World War
To commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day on Sunday 11 November, ECB has launched Cricket Remembers, a campaign to remember the cricketers who fought in the First World War.
County cricket was suspended between 1914-19 and at least 210 cricketers served in the First World War. To mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice, ECB commissioned cricket historian David Frith - founder editor
Ian Lovett elected as new ECB President
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
Counties Agree To Men's Domestic Structure Changes From 2020
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
Director of England Cricket, Andrew Strauss, Steps Down
Andrew Strauss moves aside after three and a half years as Director of England Cricket.
Report and Recommendations of External Governance Review into payments to Glamorgan County Cricket Club
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
ECB and ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 aim to take cricket to 1 million children
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 name ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka
England ODI squad revealed for next month's tour of Sri Lanka
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