It’s a game of thrills, spills, passion and drama – now a brand new national competition is being launched to showcase the best of tape ball cricket from diverse urban communities across the country.
Ahead of the start of England Men’s and Women’s international series against Pakistan next month, England stars Adil Rashid, Dawid Malan, Heather Knight and Sophie Ecclestone will today help launch
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 t
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 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 i
£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
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 th
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 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 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
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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 hig
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
