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Cricket Bursaries and Urban Centres: Initial Progress on the South Asian Action Plan

Cricket Bursaries and Urban Centres: Initial Progress on the South Asian Action Plan

Pilot cricket bursary project for talented young South Asian cricketers Invitations for Urban Cricket Centre applications Partnerships with British Asian Trust and National Asian Cricket Council 
On the Second day of The Participation Test, ECB announced the initial progress that has been made against the 11-point South Asian Action Plan launched earlier this month (10 May).

Australia captain Tim Paine

Media Advisory – Cricket Australia Arrival Press Conference


Media Advisory – Not for publication
Please note the following media arrangements for Cricket Australia’s arrival media conference ahead of the Royal London ODI series against England.
Who: Australia captain Tim Paine and head coach Justin Langer

What: Cricket Australia arrival press conference

When: Wednesday June 6. Please be in place by 12.00pm for a 12.30pm start. Refre

ECB and Sky to partner on Participation Test

ECB and Sky to partner on Participation Test

ECB have partnered with Sky to make the second Test of the NatWest Test Series #NoBoundaries at Emerald Headingley this week The Participation Test. Each day throughout the Test, Sky will focus on key initiatives undertaken by the ECB to ensure grassroots participation remains as diverse and inclusive as possible.
Day one will focus on the All Stars Cricket programme and the work done across th

ECB Statement - Al Jazeera Documentary

ECB Statement - Al Jazeera Documentary

In response to the Al Jazeera broadcast, “Cricket’s Match Fixers”, Tom Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of the ECB, said:
“There is nothing we have seen that would make us doubt any of our players in any way whatsoever.
“The limited information we have been given has been discussed with all the England players.
“They emphatically deny the allegations, have stated categorically that the c

Headingley Cricket Ground (Image by Getty Images)

Media Advisory - MEDIA & TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS SECOND TEST MATCH EMERALD HEADINGLEY

Please note the following media and training arrangements ahead of the second NatWest #NoBoundaries Test between England and Pakistan at Emerald Headingley.
Wednesday May 30, Emerald Headingley
9.30am-12.30pm: Pakistan practice
12.00pm: England media opportunity
12.45pm: Pakistan media opportunity
Broadcast media should assemble on the edge of the outfield in front of the Carnegie P

CDC penalises Yorkshire CCC over player's bat-size breach in Second XI Trophy match

CDC penalises Yorkshire CCC over player's bat-size breach in Second XI Trophy match

Yorkshire CCC have been deducted 1 point in the Second XI Trophy with a further suspended penalty of half the available match points in any competition following a Cricket Discipline Commission hearing yesterday.
The club pleaded guilty to a charge that in a Second XI Trophy match between Yorkshire and Durham earlier this month one of their players, Tom Loten, used a bat which did not meet the

Mark Ramprakash (Image by Getty Images)

​Mark Ramprakash to lead the Lions this summer

Mark Ramprakash is to take over as head coach of the Lions on an interim basis for the matches against India A and West Indies A this summer.
Ramprakash, who will combine the role alongside working with the England senior men’s teams as national lead batting coach, has been assigned to take the reins from Andy Flower following his interim appointment as director of England cricket supporting An

Protecting Your Personal Data - GDPR Update

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We are contacting you as people who have signed up to receive ECB press releases.
On 25th May 2018, new data protection legislation, known as The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force and we’re updating our privacy notice to comply with it.
You can see details of how we collect, use and protect your personal data and your rights in relation to it by reading t

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