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England Lions Head Coach Andrew Flintoff (Getty Images)

3 October 2024 14:00

England Lions Announce Squad for South Africa Training Camp and Four-Day Match Against South Africa A

The England Men's Lions have confirmed a 19-player squad to tour South Africa from 20 November to 14 December. The camp will focus on supporting the development of the highest potential players, with a focus on individualised and high-quality training. The tour will conclude with a four-day match against South Africa A in Western Province. The tour is designed to further develop England's talent p

England Men's Lions Head Coach, Andrew Flintoff (Getty Images)

7 September 2024 13:00

ECB Appoints Andrew Flintoff as England Men’s Lions Head Coach

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Flintoff as Head Coach of the England Men’s Lions programme for the upcoming year,
Flintoff emerged as the standout candidate from a pool of high-calibre applicants. He will take up the role in October, overseeing a schedule which includes a tour of South Africa before Christmas, a red ball tour of Aust

14 May 2024 13:35

Cricket interest soars in record year for the game

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

7 March 2024 09:03

England Women U19s squad to tour Sri Lanka named

The England Women U19 squad to tour Sri Lanka to take on the hosts and Australia in a Tri Series has been confirmed.
Both T20 and 50-over formats will be played in late March and early April with the dates and venues to be announced in due course.
Within the 15-player group are a number of players that attended the inaugural ICC Women’s U19 World Cup in South Africa in January 2023 and who

3 February 2024 14:44

England Men's U19s beat Zimbabwe in World Cup Super Sixes

England Men's U19 beat Zimbabwe Men's U19 by 147 runs
England won their last game of the Super Six stage of the ICC Men's U19 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe, but it wasn't enough to secure qualification to the semi-finals.
Previous results in the competition meant England were unable to progress to join India, Australia, South Africa in the last four but they signed off in style with 17-

31 January 2024 16:24

England Men's U19 start Super Six with loss against Australia

England Men's U19 lost to Australia Men's U19 by 110 runs (DLS)
England started the Super Six phase of the Under 19s World Cup with a loss to Australia in Kimberley on Wednesday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first. Sebastian Morgan took a wicket in the first over to get England off to a great start, before Harry Dixon put on a half century to settle the ship for Australia. Captain

26 January 2024 15:37

England Men's U19 suffer first defeat of World Cup

England Men's U19 lost to West Indies Men's U19 by 2 wickets
England finished the group stage of the Under 19s World Cup with a defeat to West Indies on Friday. The result was not enough to stop England from staying ahead of West Indies in Group B, by virtue of their superior net run rate.
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first. For the first time in the tournament England lost e

23 January 2024 16:07

England Men's U19 beat World Cup hosts South Africa

England Men's U19 beat South Africa Men's U19 by 36 runs (DLS Method)
England continued their Under 19s World Cup campaign with a second group stage win as they beat home side South Africa on Tuesday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first, restricting the hosts to 230 all out.
Spin was the name of the game in Potchefstroom once again. After seven wickets fell to England's young sp

20 January 2024 14:26

England Men's U19 win world cup opener against Scotland

England Men's U19 beat Scotland Men's U19 by 7 wickets
England got their Under 19s World Cup campaign off to a winning start as they beat Scotland in their opening group game in South Africa on Saturday.
England won the toss and chose to bowl first, restricting Scotland to 174 runs. There was plenty of turn on offer in Potchefstroom as seven wickets fell to England's young spinners. Th

England Men’s Elite Pace Bowling Coach Neil Killeen (right) will lead the Lions in India this month (Getty Images)

10 January 2024 13:30

England Lions finalise coaching team for Tour of India

England Men’s Elite Pace Bowling Coach Neil Killeen is set to lead the England Lions on their upcoming tour of India, beginning later this week. The month-long series will feature three four-day matches against India A in Ahmedabad.
Killeen will head up a coaching team that includes local knowledge and experience, to support the playing group's needs. Notable additions to the coaching staff inc

6 December 2023 15:00

Young Lions squad named for ICC Men's U19s World Cup

The ECB has confirmed the 15-player Young Lions squad that will travel to next month’s ICC Men’s U19s World Cup in South Africa.

Durham batter Ben McKinney will captain the team, which has been drawn in Group B alongside the hosts South Africa, West Indies and Scotland.
England Men U19s World Cup squad:
Ben McKinney (Durham – captain)
Luc Benkenstein (Essex – vice captain)
Farh

24 November 2023 18:32

England Women A announce squad for IT20 series against India A

England Women A have named their squad to take on India A in their forthcoming IT20 series.
Off-spinner Charlie Dean will captain the 13-player group who will travel to India on Sunday.
After a fortnight-long training camp in Oman, the squad will fine-tune their preparations in Mumbai ahead of three IT20 fixtures taking place on Wednesday 29 November, Friday 1 December and Sunday 3 December

17 October 2023 11:00

England Lions announce group for winter training camp

England Lions have announced a 21-player group to travel to the UAE for a training camp from November 16 to December 7.
The group, which includes 10 players (George Balderson, Shoaib Bashir, James Coles, Josh De Caires, Tom Lawes, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Rishi Patel, Ollie Price, John Turner) who are part of a Lions experience for the first time, will focus on developing their red-ball s

12 October 2023 16:00

England Men Under-19s squad named for Youth ODI series in India

A 17-player squad has been selected for the England Men Under-19's Quadrangular Youth ODI Series in India next month.

Durham batter Ben McKinney will again captain a squad that includes four new names - Charlie Allison, Jaydn Denly, Seb Morgan, Haydon Mustard – from the group that played Australia U19s in the five-match home Youth ODI Series last month.
The Quadrangular Series is to be p

13 September 2023 11:00

Tens of thousands more state school children and Black and South Asian cricketers set to benefit from new partnerships to break down cricket’s barriers

Additional £2m investment in five charity partners to help realise ambition of being the most inclusive sport Work to tackle equity in state school talent and participation, disability, Black and South Asian communities Significant acceleration in work to support communities where cricket has been hard to access
New and expanded ECB charity partnerships will provide free cricket to more state

Jacob Bethell in action last summer. Photo: ECB Images

30 January 2023 17:04

Young Lions multi-format tour of Australia underway

The England Men’s U19 multi-format tour to Australia is underway, with the first of two four-day Youth Test matches at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field delicately poised after two days.

The Young Lions selectors previously named a 16-strong Test squad and a 14-strong white-ball squad for the trip, which continues through February.
Warwickshire’s Jacob Bethell, who was part of the squad that

The England Women's U19 team celebrate. Photo: Getty Images

27 January 2023 16:22

England Women's U19s win thriller to reach historic World Cup Final

England Women U19s [99 - Stonehouse 25] beat Australia Women U19 [96 - Baker 3-10] by three runs
England Women U19 clinched a thrilling victory over Australia Women U19 to win the ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup semi-final and reach Sunday's final against India.
After batting first, England were indebted to Alexa Stonehouse and Josie Groves who put on 46 for the eighth wicket to take them to 9

23 November 2022 13:30

Rehan Ahmed added to England Men’s Test Squad

Leicestershire leg-spinning allrounder Rehan Ahmed has been officially added to England Men’s Test squad for the tour of Pakistan.
The 18-year-old, who has been with the Lions in their red-ball training camp in the UAE and is currently playing in the three-day warm-up fixture against the England Test squad in Abu Dhabi, has impressed coaches with his attitude and genuine potential to be given h

Yardy joins from Sussex CCC. Photo: Getty Images

26 October 2022 14:00

Mike Yardy appointed Young Lions Head Coach

Former England all-rounder Mike Yardy has been announced as the England Men's U19 Head Coach.
Yardy, who made 42 appearances for his country as a player and was part of the England Men's team that won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010, joins the Young Lions from Sussex CCC where he has been in the role of Academy Director. The left-arm spinner had previously been in coaching roles with New South Wa

22 August 2022 10:09

Schedule confirmed for England Men’s Test Tour of Pakistan

England Men are scheduled to play three Test matches in Pakistan this December after the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed the tour dates.
The tourists will return to Pakistan for the first time since 2005 and will play the first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday 1 December 2022. It will be the first time England have played a Test match in the city.
The second Test moves t

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