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  • England Men’s and England Women’s series against India and West Indies at heart of 2025 schedule

    Five-match Men’s Rothesay Test series and Women’s Metro Bank One Day International and Vitality IT20 series against India at heart of the summer between June 20 and August 4. Before that, both sides will take on their West Indies counterparts in white-ball series between May 21 and June 10. Zimbabwe return for first time since 2003 with a one-off Rothesay Test at Trent Bridge from May 22 to 25. E

  • England stars urge kids to get playing in new video as 2024 is on track to be record year for kids’ cricket - under embargo until 11:00AM on 13 August 2024


    STRICTLY UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 11:00AM ON TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2024
    The ECB has enlisted England stars from the Men’s, Women’s and Disability squads to feature in a new video alongside school children, to get even more kids playing cricket during the summer holidays In the first of two parts, we hear how unique the sport can be to different individuals, who play the game in their own ways, w

  • England Men's Test Captain Ben Stokes Ruled Out for Remainder of the Summer

    England Men's Test Captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the rest of the summer after tearing his left hamstring while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Sunday. As a result of the scans conducted in Leeds on Tuesday, Stokes will miss England's three-match Rothesay Test series against Sri Lanka, which begins at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday, 21 August.The all-rounder is

  • Matthew Mott Steps Down as England Men’s White-Ball Head Coach

    Mott leaves after two years in the role. Assistant Coach Marcus Trescothick has been appointed on an interim basis.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirms that Matthew Mott has stepped down as the England Men’s White-Ball Head Coach with immediate effect.
    The decision follows England’s recent ICC T20 World Cup campaign, where the team was knocked out at the semi-final stage b

  • 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

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