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  • Joint Statement: Ashes Tour planning

    Joint Statement: Ashes Tour planning

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) have issued a joint statement regarding the proposed Men’s Ashes tour to Australia planned for winter 2021/22.
    This week, several meetings have been held between the England Men’s players, ECB and Team England Player Partnership to discuss provisional plans for the tour of Australia later in the year.

  • INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR EQUITY IN CRICKET APPOINTS FOUR COMMISSIONERS AND DETERMINES SCOPE OF ITS ENQUIRY

    INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR EQUITY IN CRICKET APPOINTS FOUR COMMISSIONERS AND DETERMINES SCOPE OF ITS ENQUIRY

    The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) has now appointed four Commissioners, with expertise in cricket, equality and organisational change, to take forward its independent examination of equity in the sport.
    The Commissioners are:
    Zafar Ansari – a former professional cricketer who played for Surrey and England. Zafar came through the Surrey academy system representing both

  • Bouchier bowling action cleared

    Bouchier bowling action cleared

    All-rounder Maia Bouchier has been cleared to resume bowling in competitive women’s cricket following an independent assessment at Loughborough University.

    The independent assessment confirmed that Bouchier had remedied her bowling action within the prescribed 15 degrees of elbow extension threshold as defined in the ECB Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspect Bowling Ac

  • Rhodes to captain County Select XI against India

    Rhodes to captain County Select XI against India

    Young Lions head coach Richard Dawson will oversee a County Select XI to play India at the Emirates Riverside in a three-day match, starting on Tuesday 20 July.

    The match will be played behind closed doors and will form part of India’s warm-up schedule ahead of the LV= Insurance Test Series.
    Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes will lead a 14-man squad which also includes recent Test debuta

  • Derbyshire's two remaining Vitality Blast matches cancelled

    Derbyshire's two remaining Vitality Blast matches cancelled

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that Derbyshire Falcons’ final two Vitality Blast group-stage matches have been cancelled.

    ECB has determined that Derbyshire CCC is unable to field a team of a strength appropriate to maintain the integrity of the two matches and of the competition as a whole.
    Derbyshire are adhering to Covid-19 protocols and managing a number of i

  • Official Statement - COVID19 Testing

    Official Statement - COVID19 Testing

    Following PCR tests administered yesterday (Monday) in Bristol, The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) can confirm that seven members - three players and four management team members- of the England Men's ODI party have tested positive for COVID-19.

    In collaboration with Public Health England, Public Health Wales and Bristol Local Health Authority, those impacted will now observe a per

  • Official Statement – COVID-19 Testing

    *STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 4.00PM (BST) ON SUNDAY 27 JUNE 2021*

    Following a PCR test administered on Friday 25 June at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton, The England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that ICC Match Referee Phil Whitticase has tested positive for COVID-19. Whitticase, who was officiating during the three-match Vitality IT20 Series between England and Sri Lanka, is well and is asy

  • Women's Regional T20 Competition named Charlotte Edwards Cup

    Women's Regional T20 Competition named Charlotte Edwards Cup

    The Women's Regional T20 Competition has been named the Charlotte Edwards Cup.
    The competition, which kicks off this weekend, sees the eight women's regional teams go head to head in T20 cricket.
    Charlotte Edwards CBE is England Women's most-capped player. Captain of her country from 2006-2016, she led the team to three Ashes wins, an ICC Women's World Cup and an ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

  • The Emirates Riverside hosting England against New Zealand in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (Photo by Stu Forster-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

    ECB statement on increased capacities at Sri Lanka and Pakistan series

    We are delighted to confirm that the ECB and our international venues are working with the Government’s Events Research Programme to increase capacities at the Royal London Series ODIs and Vitality IT20s against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in June and July.
    For operational reasons, we will focus initially on the three matches in late June and early July against Sri Lanka at the Emirates Riverside in

  • Former England international Ebony Rainford-Brent has received an MBE. Photo: Getty Images

    Individuals from across cricket recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours

    Individuals from throughout cricket have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
    Ebony Rainford-Brent, the first black woman to represent the England Cricket team who's gone on to enjoy a trailblazing career in the media, and Ian Nairn, who captained the England Physical Disability Team from 2014 to 2019, have both been awarded MBEs.
    Chris Edwards, the captain of the England Le

  • ECB BOARD UPDATE ON HISTORICAL SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

    ECB BOARD UPDATE ON HISTORICAL SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

    A meeting of the ECB Board took place on Wednesday June 9 to address the emergence of historical social media content, shared by high-profile players within the game.
    There were two matters the Board addressed:
    1. The Board reviewed the policy around England Team employment and related disciplinary procedures. The Board is assured that the right processes are in place to make judgements on s

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