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Previewed by Martin Smith – ECB Reporters Network
Captain: Simon Harmer
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia).
Finals Day appearances: Six (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2023)
Titles: One (2019)
2023 finish: Finalists
2023 leading run-scorer: Daniel Sams (419)
2023 leading wicket-taker: Daniel Sams (25)
Key wi
England Men’s U19s will host Sri Lanka Men’s U19s in three Youth ODIs and two Youth Tests this summer.
Head coach Mike Yardy’s team will be in action for the first time since the ICC Under-19s Men’s World Cup during the winter, with the opening Youth ODI to be played under lights at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford on 28 June. The 1st Central County Ground will host the final two Youth ODI
England Women opened their Metro Bank ODI series against Pakistan with a 37-run win at the Incora County Ground, Derby.
Alice Capsey top-scored for England with 44 runs while Pakistan skipper Nida Dar took 3-56 as the home side finished on 243-9.
In the tourist’s innings, Lauren Bell dismissed Sidra Ameen, Sophie Ecclestone shone with 3-26, with Charlie Dean, Bell and Kate Cross ending on
The ECB Board today confirmed that Yorkshire will become a women’s Tier 1 Club for the 2026 season, subject to meeting a series of conditions.
Yorkshire had been announced as a Tier 1 expansion Club in April of this year, to join by 2027. The decision to confirm 2026 as the preferred season in which Yorkshire will participate in Tier 1 has been taken to provide greater certainty about the intro
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Tuesday 21 May
10am-1pm
England Women ended their Vitality IT20 series against Pakistan with a 34-run win at Headingley.
Heather Knight’s outfit sealed the series with a game to spare with victory in Northampton on Friday, Lauren Filer coming into the starting XI the only change.
Danni Wyatt’s 87 helped the home side complete the clean sweep, striking 45 from her last 16 balls as England ended on 176 all out.
England Women sealed the Vitality IT20 series against Pakistan with a 65-run win at The County Ground, Northampton.
Heather Knight’s outfit went into contest having secured victory in their opener of the three-match series last weekend.
Player of the match Alice Capsey and the returning Nat Sciver-Brunt top-scored with 31, Maia Bouchier made 30 and Dani Gibson added 18 from nine balls as En
CENTRAL SPARKS
Previewed by Brian Halford - ECB Reporters Network
Captain: Eve Jones
Head Coach: Lloyd Tennant
2023 finish: Seventh
2023 highest run-scorer: Erin Burns (185)
2023 highest wicket-taker: Erin Burns & Bethan Ellis (9)
The big questions: How will Sparks fare without Erin Burns, their top scorer and joint leading wicket-taker last year? Will Burns’ fellow Austra
As the game gathers in Cardiff today for the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Annual General Meeting, new data shows that the number of people playing, attending or following cricket surged by 2m last year as nailbiting Men’s and Women’s Ashes series captured the nation’s imagination.
Bumper ticket sales and viewing for both series saw the total jump to 14.7m – up from 12.5m the previous
England Women beat Pakistan by 53 runs in their Vitality IT20 opener in front of a 12,241 strong crowd at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
On her 100th IT20 cap, Amy Jones was named player of the match, leading a fightback after England slipped to 11-4 and adding four catches to her decisive runs, the pick of the lot diving to her left to snatch the edge of Gull Feroza.
Skipper Heather Knight and Jon
England Women have named their white-ball squads for the forthcoming Vitality IT20 and Metro Bank ODI series’ against Pakistan, which get underway on Saturday, 11 May.
Left-arm spinner Linsey Smith is again selected after returning to the senior squad for the IT20s in New Zealand while there’s a return for Freya Kemp to the IT20 group. All-rounder Kemp will be available as a batter during the
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Friday 3 May
1.30pm (press relea
