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  • Tens of thousands more state school children and Black and South Asian cricketers set to benefit from new partnerships to break down cricket’s barriers

    Tens of thousands more state school children and Black and South Asian cricketers set to benefit from new partnerships to break down cricket’s barriers

    Additional £2m investment in five charity partners to help realise ambition of being the most inclusive sport Work to tackle equity in state school talent and participation, disability, Black and South Asian communities Significant acceleration in work to support communities where cricket has been hard to access
    New and expanded ECB charity partnerships will provide free cricket to more state

  • Middlesex County Cricket Club and Middlesex Cricket Board

    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

  • England Women cricketers and Jason Roy at a Metro Bank event. Photo: Getty Images

    ECB & Metro Bank pledge to treble number of girls' cricket teams by 2026

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Metro Bank have pledged to treble the number of girls’ cricket teams in England and Wales.

    The two organisations will work together with the aim of transforming access to grassroots cricket by recruiting 6,000 volunteers to grow girls’ cricket so there are 2,000 clubs with a girls' section and 6,000 girls' teams by 2026.
    The announcement f

  • Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Sophie Ecclestone has undergone surgery after sustaining a dislocated right shoulder in the warm-up ahead of Manchester Originals’ match against Southern Brave last month.
    Ecclestone will now begin her rehabilitation with the ECB and Thunder medical teams.
    ENDS

  • England Women’s match fees equalised with Men’s after sensational Ashes series grows profile further

    England Women’s match fees equalised with Men’s after sensational Ashes series grows profile further

    Following record-breaking crowds of 110,000 at this summer’s Metro Bank Women’s Ashes series, the ECB today announces it is increasing match fees for England Women to bring them in line with England Men’s match fees.

    England set new women’s international attendance records at Edgbaston, the Kia Oval and Lord’s, and sold out matches at Taunton, Bristol and Hampshire in their series against A

  • Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Injury update: Sophie Ecclestone

    Sophie Ecclestone sustained a dislocated right shoulder in the warm-up ahead of Manchester Originals’ match against Southern Brave on Wednesday.
    After scans and further assessment, the ECB can confirm she will be unavailable for the Women’s Big Bash League.
    ENDS

  • ENGLAND WOMEN MEDIA & TRAINING SCHEDULE: Vitality IT20s England Women v Sri Lanka Women

    ENGLAND WOMEN MEDIA & TRAINING SCHEDULE: Vitality IT20s England Women v Sri Lanka Women

    All timings are BST and approximate. Please be in place a minimum of 30 mins before the advertised time. All timings are subject to change.
    Please contact Emily Liles (Emily.liles@ecb.co.uk) to confirm your attendance at any of the below and to also request one-to-one interview opportunities.

    Time

    Activity

    Location

    Tuesday 29 August

    10am-

  • Originals bowler Mahika Gaur looks on during The Hundred match between Northern Superchargers Women and Manchester Originals Women at Headingley. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

    Embargoed until 11am (BST) on Friday 18 August 2023 – Gaur and Heath named in England Women squads for white-ball series against Sri Lanka

    England Women have announced their Vitality IT20 and Metro Bank ODI squads for the 2023 white-ball series against Sri Lanka, which gets underway later this month.
    Fast bowler Mahika Gaur and wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath receive their maiden senior call-ups and are named in both groups after representing England A against Australia A earlier this summer.
    Gaur, 17, was part of Thunder's run

  • England Men to play home Zimbabwe Test in 2025

    England Men to play home Zimbabwe Test in 2025

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will host bilateral cricket against Zimbabwe for the first time since 2003 following an agreement to play a Men’s Test match in May 2025.

    England Men will play Zimbabwe in a four-day Test from 28-31 May 2025, at a venue to be confirmed, and follows discussions between the ECB and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to forge closer relations.
    ECB Chief Executiv

  • Summer of cricket captivates the nation

    Summer of cricket captivates the nation

    Record 655,000 people attended the Men’s LV= Insurance and Women’s Metro Bank Ashes Series this summer Every day of the Men’s Ashes series sold out in advance, with total attendance topping 545,000 - after 110,000 watched Women's series England Women’s attendances hit new records with ODI series also selling out – a first for an England Women’s series 17.8 million watched some of the action live

  • Metro Bank extends partnership with England & Wales Cricket Board

    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 B

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