STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 10.00AM (BST) ON FRIDAY APRIL 24 2020
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today agreed that no professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until at least July 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The season remains subject to ongoing advice from government and health experts, and continued consultation with all broadcast partners to determine the op
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic worsening globally, and after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket, we have today made the decision to return our players to the U.K and postpone the forthcoming Test series between Sri Lanka and England.
At this time, the physical and mental wellbeing of our players and support teams is paramount. We will now look to bring them home to their families as soon as poss
Due to the ongoing situation regarding the current coronavirus outbreak around the world, the England Men’s Test team, currently touring Sri Lanka, kindly requests all supporters joining the tour to maintain good levels of hygiene as advised by the World Health Organisation and the NHS, to avoid possible infection and spreading.
Following the world health agency’s advice, and in order to prote
Following a repeat MRI scan undertaken this week in London, Jofra Archer has been reviewed by the ECB medical team and is progressing as expected from the stress fracture to his right elbow sustained during the South Africa tour in January. He will have a further scan in mid-April before a return to competitive cricket.
Archer’s focus will be playing for England, starting with the West Indi
Durham fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the Test tour of Sri Lanka with a left side strain.
Wood sustained the injury at the end of the South Africa tour earlier this month. He underwent several scans in London, which confirmed a small tear to his left side.
He will now commence an injury rehabilitation programme, working with England and Durham medical teams respectively.
England National Cricket Selectors have named a 16-strong squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle International Stadium on March 19 2020.
England Test squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
Dominic Bess (Somerset)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Ben Foakes (Sur
England fast bowler Jofra Archer underwent further scans on his injured right elbow today in the UK. The scans confirmed that Archer has suffered a low-grade stress fracture of the right elbow.
As a result of the injury, he has been ruled out of England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka and the Indian Premier League 2020 season.
He will now commence an injury rehabilitation programme with the ECB med
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the three-match IT20 series against South Africa starting next month.
Archer returned to the UK on Tuesday evening and will focus his time on getting fit after sustaining soreness to his right elbow, which forced him out of the last three Tests against the Proteas.
The right-arm quick managed one appearance on the red-ball leg of the
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced today the introduction of the England Pace Bowling Development Contracts. Three players are the first recipients - Saqib Mahmood – Lancashire, Craig Overton – Somerset and Olly Stone – Warwickshire.
Under the terms of the new contracts, personnel from the ECB’s National Performance Centre will provide more contact time with a group of high po
Dom Bess, Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley will join up with the England Lions squad for the red-ball leg of their tour of Australia.
The trio were named in the original Lions squad before Christmas, with their situations monitored over recent weeks as their playing time with the senior team increased.
All three have starred in England’s series win against South Africa. Sibley scored his maiden T
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England suffered a 71-run defeat to the West Indies in their first match of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup with Nyeem Young the star of the show in Kimberley, South Africa.
Having been put into bat, West Indies started well with captain Kimani Melius and wicketkeeper Leonardo Julien adding 47 for the first wicket.
Melius rode his luck with several airborne shots, one which was
England spinner Jack Leach is to return home with immediate effect from England’s tour of South Africa.
The Somerset left arm spinner, who has struggled to fully recover from sepsis he picked up during the tour of New Zealand in November and was also struck with gastroenteritis and flu ahead of the first Test at Centurion last month, has not been able to reach the expected levels of fitness to
