The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Initial Washroom Hygiene (Initial) have today announced a strategic partnership, designed to bring period dignity to grassroots cricket.
Central to this new partnership is a shared ambition to ensure that menstruation is not something that holds back women and girls from being involved in sports.
Utilising Initial’s extensive research and e
England have announced their XI for their five-day LV= Insurance Women’s Ashes Test match starting at Trent Bridge tomorrow (Thursday 22 June, 11am).
Western Storm seamer Lauren Filer is set to make her senior bow, while Danielle Wyatt earns her maiden Test cap.
England Women Team to play Australia
1. Tammy Beaumont
2. Emma Lamb
3. Heather Knight (captain)
4. Nat Sciver-Brunt
England international Tash Farrant has suffered a reoccurrence of a stress fracture of the lumbar spine.
Farrant undertook an extensive rehab programme following the initial injury last May and returned to domestic action in April.
The South East Stars and Oval Invincibles left armer will now have an operation and will miss the remainder of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and The Hundred.<
England Women A have announced their squad for their opening T20 fixture against Australia A (Wednesday 21 June, Haselgrave, Loughborough).
Alice Davidson-Richards, who featured for the A side in last week’s warm-up fixture against Australia Women and Alice Capsey have been released from the senior Test squad to play in the first T20 for England Women A.
Mahika Gaur (Thunder), who trained wi
England cricketers Lydia Greenway, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran are among the names recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.
Greenway, a two-time World Cup winner and four-time Ashes winner who played over 200 times for her country, receives an OBE. Since retiring from playing, the former Kent left-hander has also founded Cricket For Girls.
Rashid, also a two-time World Cup winner, is aw
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and BBC Sport have today announced an audio deal to extend live cricket coverage across BBC Radio and BBC Sounds up to and including the 2028 season.
The new four-year agreement extends the existing deal which runs to 2024 and ensures live coverage of all England's home Tests, one-day internationals and IT20s will continue to be heard exclusively across
England have announced their XI for the first LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes Test starting at Edgbaston on Friday 16 June.
England Team
1. Ben Duckett
2. Zak Crawley
3. Ollie Pope
4. Joe Root
5. Harry Brook
6. Ben Stokes *
7. Jonathan Bairstow +
8. Moeen Ali
9. Stuart Broad
10. Ollie Robinson
11. James Anderson
ENDS
The venues hosting England Men's and England Women’s international matches over the seven-year period from 2025 to 2031 have been announced.
With this year’s hotly anticipated LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes and Metro Bank Women’s Ashes series just days away, the seven-year schedule sets out the details of two more huge Ashes summers to look forward to:
England Men will take on Australia Men
Headliners Rudimental will take to the stage at Lord’s for The Hundred Final on Sunday 27 August
Competition returns for a third summer of unmissable sporting and music entertainment
For the third year running, The Hundred has curated its music line-up in collaboration with BBC Music Introducing
Kicking off from 1 August, each match day will feature a live performance from a BBC Music Int
England Women have announced their Women's Ashes Test squad for the 2023 Metro Bank Ashes Series.
Western Storm duo Lauren Filer and Danielle Gibson are included in the 15-strong group for their maiden full call-ups.
Seamer Filer, who previously represented England Academy, has been a mainstay and top bowling performer in Western Storm’s last two campaigns.
All-rounder Gibson is Storm’s
Southern Vipers 118-3 beat Blaze 114-8 by seven wickets
Southern Vipers lifted the Charlotte Edwards Cup at New Road as they beat Blaze by seven wickets to win the competition for the second year in a row.
A Danni Wyatt half-century propelled the Vipers’ chase of 114, and fittingly it was captain Georgia Adams who hit the winning runs for her team to ensure the Vipers defended their titl
The England and Wales Cricket Board has appointed James Foster, Richard Scott and Owais Shah to the England Men’s scouting team.
The trio are responsible for scouting red-ball and white-ball domestic cricket to inform selection for England Men and England Lions teams and programmes.
Former England internationals Foster and Shah boast extensive playing and coaching experience, while forme
