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  • Eight Tier 1 Counties confirmed for 2025 and plans unveiled for four more women’s professional domestic teams by 2029

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the eight First Class Counties who have been successful in their bid to be awarded Tier 1 women’s team status from 2025.
    As a further outcome of the Tier 1 invitation to tender process, the ECB has also today announced the selection of two additional First Class Counties to expand Tier 1 from eight to ten teams by 2027, and an intent to gr

  • Disability Premier League Final to be held as double header with England Men’s T20I


    The England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) trailblazing Disability Premier League is back and bigger than ever for its third edition this summer.
    The competition’s final will be held at Sophia Gardens for the very first time, ahead of England Men’s second T20I with Australia on September 13, 2024. Once again it will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
    The Disability Premier League (DPL) i

  • England Women beaten in final ODI match in New Zealand

    England Women were defeated in their final One Day International match against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
    Home captain Sophie Devine missed the opening two fixtures and hit an unbeaten century to help her side to a seven-wicket win.
    England win the ODI series 2-1 having secured the T20 series 4-1.There were two changes to the England side who sealed the series with victory in th

  • Prime Minister announces multi-million pound boost for grassroots cricket

    £35 million package to deliver the construction of 16 new urban all-weather cricket domes within cities due to host ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2026 and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2030 Funding will extend the ECB’s partner programmes for young people through Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners in schools, and the ACE Programme Funding will enable over 900,000 young people to play cricket over n

  • County captains predict Surrey hat-trick in annual survey

    Surrey have been emphatically backed to win a hat-trick of Vitality County Championship titles by the 18 first-class county captains.
    Ahead of the domestic summer starting tomorrow the ECB has released the results of the annual captains' survey.
    The leaders of all men’s county teams were asked to provide their predictions for the red-ball season with 12 of the 18 captains anticipating that S

  • England Women seal ODI series win over New Zealand

    Tammy Beaumont scored 81 to help England seal a series-clinching 56-run win over New Zealand in the second of three one-day internationals at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
    Heather Knight named an unchanged side to the team that secured victory in their opening ODI in Wellington.
    England batted first with Beaumont’s total of 81 runs in 96 balls making a significant contribution which included a 70-

  • Amy Jones hits unbeaten 92 in England Women ODI win over New Zealand

    Amy Jones hit an unbeaten 92 as England Women began their ODI series with a four-wicket victory against New Zealand at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
    Heather Knight’s side needed 208 to win and were 79-6 before a record unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 130 between Jones and Charlie Dean sealed victory.
    A fine bowling effort saw the White Ferns all out for 207 courtesy of Lauren Bell a

  • England Women sign off IT20 series with victory over New Zealand

    England Women ended their IT20 series with a five-wicket victory against New Zealand at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
    Heather Knight made one change to the side who sealed the series in Wednesday's match at the same venue, Lauren Filer coming in for Lauren Bell.
    Early wickets from Nat Sciver-Brunt saw Bernadine Bezuidenhout and Amelia Kerr, who captained the White Ferns in the absen

  • ENGLAND WOMEN MEDIA & TRAINING SCHEDULE: New Zealand Tour ODI series

    All timings are 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

    Sunday 31 March

    1pm (local time)<

  • Bouchier shines as England Women beat New Zealand to seal IT20 series

    England Women beat New Zealand by 47 runs at Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington.
    Player of the Match Maia Bouchier impressed again, scoring 91 off 56 balls.
    The result means England win the series with a game to spare.
    The match saw the return of Women’s Premier League (WPL) quartet Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danielle Wyatt.
    Wyatt became England Women's highest

  • 2025 Women’s Ashes schedule confirmed

    The schedule for England's 2025 Women’s Ashes Series in Australia has been confirmed.
    Following a well-contested drawn and record-breaking Ashes series on home soil last year, Heather Knight’s outfit head down under to play a multi-format series to contest three ODIs in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.
    The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Test will be a feature of the major stadium matches throu

  • England Women suffer defeat against New Zealand in Nelson

    Maia Bouchier scored her first IT20 half century as England Women were beaten in their third encounter of a five-match series against New Zealand with the hosts winning by three runs at Saxton Oval, Nelson.
    The result means England lead the series by two games to one with two matches remaining.
    Heather Knight named an unchanged side to the team who beat the White Ferns at the same venue on

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