Heather Knight is to leave her role as Captain of the England Women’s cricket team after nearly nine years. She will continue to be available for England selection.
Knight has captained England Women 199 times since 2016, including leading the team to a home World Cup victory in 2017 and to two other ICC tournament finals. She oversaw 134 victories as England Women captain, second on the list o
Jon Lewis has left his role as England Women’s Head Coach.
Lewis has been in charge since November 2022, during which time England Women won 52 of their 73 matches, with the team currently second behind Australia in the ICC world rankings for IT20 and ODI cricket.
Clare Connor, ECB Managing Director, England Women, and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, said: “I’d like to thank Jon for all he h
Shakib Al Hasan’s suspension from bowling in ECB competitive county cricket and The Hundred has been lifted.
The Bangladesh all-rounder passed an independent re-assessment on his bowling action at Loughborough University earlier this month.
The re-assessment found that Shakib had remedied his action to within the prescribed 15-degree threshold as defined in the ECB Bowling Review Regulations
The England Women A squads to tour Australia have been confirmed.
The group, led by England Women A Head Coach and Performance Batting Coach Jon Lewis, will play three T20s, three 50-over matches and a four-day match against Australia A.
Returning batter Paige Scholfield, who had to withdraw from England Women’s tour to South Africa in November 2024, is named in all three squads. She is join
David Warner, Georgia Voll and Jamie Overton were three of the biggest names to be selected in The Hundred Draft today.
Australia's Georgia Voll was the first pick in the women’s competition, while big-hitting England all-rounder Jamie Overton went first in the men’s competition.
Legendary Australian opener David Warner will join Overton and Justin Langer in calling Lord's their new home. En
International superstars Glenn Maxwell, Deandra Dottin, Sophie Devine, David Warner, Andre Russell and Alyssa Healy are some of the big names available to teams in The Hundred Draft, scheduled to take place on Wednesday 12 March.
The big name overseas stars are joined by a group of top-class domestic names also vying to be picked ahead of the fifth year of the competition, including Jamie Overt
Jos Buttler has announced he will step down as England Men’s white ball captain on Saturday, after the team’s final game of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy against South Africa.
Buttler presided over our 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup winning campaign in Australia and will continue to make himself available for selection.
Buttler said: “This is the right decision for me and it’s the right decision f
The ECB has appointed Vikram Banerjee as Managing Director of The Hundred, giving him responsibility for accelerating the competition's global growth. This appointment follows his successful leadership in attracting strategic investors to The Hundred, resulting in a combined valuation of £975 million for the eight teams within just four years of the competition’s inception.
In his new role, Vik
A 15-player England Women Cricket Pathway (EWCP) squad will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training camp.
The camp is an opportunity for the six players involved in the England Women Pace Bowling Performance Programme to further their skills in warm conditions and an opportunity for further players across different skill sets to gain some competitive scenario practice.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surr
Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan among a superstar list of Direct Signings 148 places confirmed through retentions and Direct Signings, 68 left to fill at The Hundred Draft on 12 March England players retained include Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Sophie Ecclestone Ellyse Perry, Tim Southee, Hayley Matthews and Phoebe Litchfield some of the oversea
England Men’s Mixed Disability team will play at Lord’s against India as part of their pioneering seven-match IT20 series, with visits to three other First-Class grounds among the tour itinerary.
India will come to England in late June, to compete in a trailblazing Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability series – the first of its kind at international level in cricket, bringing together the Physical Dis
England Men have confirmed their XI for their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy against Australia on Saturday in Lahore.
Jamie Smith returns to the side, batting at No.3 and taking the gloves as wicketkeeper. Jofra Archer is selected alongside fellow seamers Brydon Carse and Mark Wood.
England XI:
1. Phil Salt
2. Ben Duckett
3. Jamie Smith (WK)
4. Joe Root
5. Harry
