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  • England vice-captain Ben Stokes speaks to the media via a virtual press conference at the Ageas Bowl (ECB)

    Ben Stokes Interview

    STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 6.00PM (BST) ON MONDAY 29 JUNE 2020
    Please find below a link to download a video interview with Durham and England all-rounder Ben Stokes.
    You will find the following files:
    Video and audio files of Ben Stokes’ interview Footage of Stokes training Stills of Stokes training

    DOWNLOAD HERE
    Please credit - England and Wales Cricket Board.
    A 30-strong be

  • Stuart Broad preparing at the Ageas Bowl in a behind-closed-doors training camp (ECB)

    Stuart Broad Interview


    STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 6.00PM (BST) ON SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2020
    Please find below a link to download a video interview with Nottinghamshire and England seamer Stuart Broad.
    You will find the following files:
    Video and audio files of Stuart Broad’s interview Footage of Broad training Stills of Broad training

    DOWNLOAD HERE
    Please credit - England and Wales Cricket Board.
    A

  • England and Somerset spinner Jack Leach (Getty Images)

    Jack Leach Video Interview

    STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 6.00PM (BST) ON SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2020
    Please find below a link to download a video interview with Somerset and England spinner Jack Leach.
    A 30-strong behind-closed-doors training group are living, training and playing at the Ageas Bowl ahead of the #raisethebat first Test against the West Indies starting on Wednesday 8 July 2020 at the same venue.
    You will find t

  • Amar Virdi in action at the Ageas Bowl during a behind-closed-doors England cricket training camp (ECB)

    Amar Virdi Video Interview

    Please find below a link to download a video interview with Surrey and England Lions spinner Amar Virdi.
    A 30-strong behind-closed-doors training group are living, training and playing at the Ageas Bowl ahead of the #raisethebat first Test against the West Indies starting on Wednesday 8 July 2002 at the same venue.
    You will find the following files:
    Video and audio files of Amar Virdi’s

  • Social distancing signage displayed in a bio-secure venue at the Ageas Bowl (Getty Images)

    Pakistan to arrive in the UK on Sunday

    The England & Wales Cricket Board can confirm that the Pakistan men’s cricket team will arrive in the United Kingdom on Sunday 28 June to start preparation for this summer’s tour of England, which includes three Test matches and three Vitality IT20s. The behind-closed-doors schedule for these fixtures will be announced in due course.
    They will start a 14-day isolation period at Blackfinch N

  • England batsman Zak Crawley (Getty Images)

    Zak Crawley Video Interview

    Resent - due to the previous link not working.
    Please find below a link to download a video interview with England and Kent batsman Zak Crawley.
    You will find separate video and audio files.
    DOWNLOAD HERE

    Please credit - England and Wales Cricket Board.
    Furthermore, here’s some background information as England went into camp at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday of this week.

  • England quick bowler Jofra Archer (Getty Images)

    Official Statement: Jofra Archer

    England and Sussex bowler Jofra Archer will join England’s behind-closed-doors training camp on Thursday after a member of his household felt unwell over the weekend.
    Archer, and members of his household, have tested negative for COVID-19. He will have a second test tomorrow (Wednesday 23 June), and if he tests negative, he will join up with the training group on Thursday.
    The rest of the gr

  • ECB announces #raisethebat Test Series with players wearing key workers’ names on shirts

    ECB announces #raisethebat Test Series with players wearing key workers’ names on shirts

    Upcoming Test series against West Indies named #raisethebat Test Series in honour of key workers Players to wear key workers’ names on training shirts
    The England Men’s Test series against the West Indies will honour heroic cricketing key workers and be named the #raisethebat Test Series, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced today.
    Marking the return of international crick

  • England Test captain Joe Root practising wearing disposable gloves during a training session at Trent Bridge as part of England's return to training protocols. (Getty Images)

    England men’s name behind closed doors training group ahead of first Test against West Indies

    30-strong group named Red-ball management group confirmed for Test series with three coaches seconded from county cricket
    England National Cricket Selectors, with input from performance personnel and coaches, have named a 30-strong ‘behind-closed-doors training group’ who will go into camp at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday June 23 ahead of the first Test against the West Indies starting on Wednesd

  • Alan Jones was presented England cap number 696 (credit: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)

    Glamorgan legend Alan Jones awarded England cap

    Former Glamorgan batsman Alan Jones was today awarded an England Test cap, 50 years to the day since he made his only appearance for England in the first match of the 1970 series against the Rest of the World XI.
    At the time the matches in the series were classed as Tests but were subsequently downgraded by the ICC, meaning Jones’s status as an England international was lost.
    However, the EC

  • Hampshire's Ageas Bowl will host the first Test behind closed doors, subject to UK Government clearance.

    ​ECB announces proposed dates and venues for England Men’s behind-closed-doors Test series against West Indies

    • England Men will play three Tests against West Indies in July, subject to UK Government clearance to return behind closed doors 
    • Ageas Bowl will host first Test, with Emirates Old Trafford staging second and third matches 
    • Edgbaston selected as a contingency and training venue
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced that Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl and Lancashire’s

  • Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has returned to training.

    England Men confirm back-to-training group

    The ECB can confirm the group of men’s players who have been asked to return to training, as England Men prepare for the prospect of behind-closed-doors cricket, subject to UK Government clearance.
    The ECB continues to work closely with its county partners to provide a safe and efficient return to practice for players, and is grateful for the support of the counties in assisting with the coachi

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