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  • ECB pays tribute to James Anderson after final Test appearance

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has paid tribute to fast bowler James Anderson after his final appearance for England Men, bringing an end to a remarkable 21-year Test career.
    Anderson signed off today taking a 704th and final Test wicket as England sealed a win in the First Rothesay Men's Test Match against West Indies at Lord's.
    ECB Chair Richard Thompson said: “I was lucky enoug

  • England Men to play three Tests in Pakistan this October

    The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the full match schedule for the Pakistan Men’s Test Series against England in October 2024.
    The tour begins with the First Test in Multan from October 7-11, before moving to Karachi for the Second Test from October 15-19. The Third Test will be in Rawalpindi from October 24-28.
    The three-match series forms part of the ICC World Test Championship 202

  • Squad announced for England Men’s first two Test matches versus West Indies

    England Men's selection panel have named a 14-strong squad for the first two Test matches of the three-match Test series against West Indies starting at Lord’s on Wednesday, 10 July 2024.
    England Men's Test Squad:
    Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
    James Anderson (Lancashire) (First Test only)
    Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
    Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
    Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
    Zak Crawley (Kent)

  • England Men’s Test Captain Stokes joins calls for more school sport

    England Men’s Test captain Ben Stokes is backing calls for every child to be guaranteed at least two hours of PE a week in school.
    Stokes spoke of the importance of cricket being played in more state schools as he visited Newcastle’s Hawthorn Primary School. Its pupils have been receiving free cricket lessons as part of an expanded schools programme funded by the ECB and delivered by Northumber

  • England name provisional ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad

    England Men's selection panel have named a provisional squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and United States of America starting in June and the preceding four-match Vitality IT20 series against Pakistan, which gets underway next month in Leeds.
    England Provisional ICC Men's T20 World Cup & Vitality IT20 Squad versus Pakistan Squad:
    Jos Buttler (Lancashire) Captain

  • 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

  • England Men’s Deaf and Visually Impaired squads to host India this summer

    The England Men’s Deaf and England Men’s Visually Impaired teams will host India across June and July this summer.
    The seven-match Deaf series begins on June 18 at The County Ground, Derby, and then moves to Kidderminster, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire before finishing up in Leicestershire on June 27.
    England Men’s Visually Impaired (VI) team also have a three-match series with India’s

  • ECB launches inaugural tape ball competition across Core Cities

    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

  • Christchurch, Wellington, and Hamilton to host England Men’s Test Tour of New Zealand

    Hagley Oval, the Cello Basin Reserve, and Seddon Park will host the England Men’s Test Tour of New Zealand at the end of this year.
    The three-match Test series have been scheduled to be played in Christchurch from November 28-December 2, in Wellington from December 6-10, and in Hamilton from December 14-18.
    Information about tickets will be released in due course by New Zealand Cricket.

  • Ben Stokes Opts Out of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Selection

    England men’s cricketer Ben Stokes has confirmed today that he does not wish to be considered for selection ahead of this summer’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will take place in June in the West Indies and USA.
    The England Test captain’s primary focus is to get fully fit to bowl not only for the summer of Test cricket, which includes two three-match Test series’ against West Indies and Sri L

  • Jack Leach ruled out of India Test tour

    England and Somerset spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the resof England Men’s Test tour of India with a left knee injury.
    Leach sustained the injury during England’s first Test victory in Hyderabad and missed the second Test in Vizag as a result.
    He will fly home from Abu Dhabi in the next 24 hours, where the England team have been staying ahead of the third Test in Rajkot, which st

  • England Men's PD team finish India tour with a win


    England Men's Physical Disability team won the fifth and final match of their series in India by 22 runs in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
    India had already clinched the series with a win on Saturday, but the win from England in the final match saw the series finish 3-2 to the hosts.
    England Captain Callum Flynn was named player of the series, as he surpassed 1,000 runs in international cricket.

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