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  • ECB confirms advisory team to seek private investment into teams in The Hundred

    The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the advisory team who will support the game’s efforts to attract private investment into the eight teams in The Hundred.
    Entering its fourth season, The Hundred has brought new fans into cricket, attracted more women and children, brought significant revenue into the game, and given young home-grown cricketers experience of performing on

  • Sciver-Brunt hits century as England Women seal ODI series with win over Pakistan

    Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 124 helped England Women secure a 178-run and ODI series victory over Pakistan in the third one-day international.
    Following Sunday’s abandonment due to rain in Taunton, the two sides played their final match of the series at Chelmsford’s Cloud FM County Ground.
    Danni Wyatt and Alice Capsey contributed 44 and 39 respectively as England made 302-5.
    It was a mem

  • England Women open ODI series with victory over Pakistan

    England Women opened their Metro Bank ODI series against Pakistan with a 37-run win at the Incora County Ground, Derby.
    Alice Capsey top-scored for England with 44 runs while Pakistan skipper Nida Dar took 3-56 as the home side finished on 243-9.
    In the tourist’s innings, Lauren Bell dismissed Sidra Ameen, Sophie Ecclestone shone with 3-26, with Charlie Dean, Bell and Kate Cross ending on

  • Yorkshire to become a Tier 1 women’s side in 2026

    The ECB Board today confirmed that Yorkshire will become a women’s Tier 1 Club for the 2026 season, subject to meeting a series of conditions.
    Yorkshire had been announced as a Tier 1 expansion Club in April of this year, to join by 2027. The decision to confirm 2026 as the preferred season in which Yorkshire will participate in Tier 1 has been taken to provide greater certainty about the intro

  • ENGLAND WOMEN MEDIA & TRAINING SCHEDULE: Pakistan 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

    Tuesday 21 May

    10am-1pm

  • Danni Wyatt's 87 completes 3-0 IT20 series win for England

    England Women ended their Vitality IT20 series against Pakistan with a 34-run win at Headingley.
    Heather Knight’s outfit sealed the series with a game to spare with victory in Northampton on Friday, Lauren Filer coming into the starting XI the only change.
    Danni Wyatt’s 87 helped the home side complete the clean sweep, striking 45 from her last 16 balls as England ended on 176 all out.

  • England Women seal Vitality IT20 series with victory over Pakistan

    England Women sealed the Vitality IT20 series against Pakistan with a 65-run win at The County Ground, Northampton.
    Heather Knight’s outfit went into contest having secured victory in their opener of the three-match series last weekend.
    Player of the match Alice Capsey and the returning Nat Sciver-Brunt top-scored with 31, Maia Bouchier made 30 and Dani Gibson added 18 from nine balls as En

  • Cricket interest soars in record year for the game

    As the game gathers in Cardiff today for the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Annual General Meeting, new data shows that the number of people playing, attending or following cricket surged by 2m last year as nailbiting Men’s and Women’s Ashes series captured the nation’s imagination.
    Bumper ticket sales and viewing for both series saw the total jump to 14.7m – up from 12.5m the previous

  • Amy Jones stars as England Women beat Pakistan in Vitality IT20 series opener

    England Women beat Pakistan by 53 runs in their Vitality IT20 opener in front of a 12,241 strong crowd at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
    On her 100th IT20 cap, Amy Jones was named player of the match, leading a fightback after England slipped to 11-4 and adding four catches to her decisive runs, the pick of the lot diving to her left to snatch the edge of Gull Feroza.
    Skipper Heather Knight and Jon

  • England Women name squads for Pakistan IT20 and ODI series

    England Women have named their white-ball squads for the forthcoming Vitality IT20 and Metro Bank ODI series’ against Pakistan, which get underway on Saturday, 11 May.
    Left-arm spinner Linsey Smith is again selected after returning to the senior squad for the IT20s in New Zealand while there’s a return for Freya Kemp to the IT20 group. All-rounder Kemp will be available as a batter during the

  • ENGLAND WOMEN MEDIA & TRAINING SCHEDULE: Pakistan IT20 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

    Friday 3 May

    1.30pm (press relea

  • England Men’s Physical Disability team appoint new coaching team

    England Men’s Physical Disability (PD) team have announced the appointment of Chris Highton as Head Coach and Lloyd Tennant as Assistant Head Coach.
    The pair join the England Men’s PD set-up on a two-year contract, with a wealth of knowledge and experience from across the professional game.
    Chris Highton has been with the Men’s PD team for 10 years, being first introduced to the side in 2014

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