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  • ​Baroness Amos appointed as ECB Independent Non-Executive Director

    Baroness Valerie Amos is to join the ECB Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
    Vastly experienced in public service, education and charitable roles, Valerie Amos has served as a Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to Australia, has led two major university institutions, and spent five years as Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations. She is a member o

  • ECB and Lord’s Taverners partnership to make disability cricket accessible in every county

    A game changing £2m partnership will make life-changing disability cricket accessible in every county in England and Wales as part of the biggest investment into a disability cricket programme.
    Launched today (April 29) the landmark partnership between the Lord’s Taverners and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will see the Super 1s disability cricket programme launched in every county a

  • ECB donates to The ACE Programme in support of The Captain Tom Foundation

    To tie in with the work of The Captain Tom Foundation and to bring together the cricket family to harness the spirit of Sir Tom and raise money for charity, the ECB will be donating £100 to The ACE Programme for every hundred scored during professional and recreational cricket over the Bank Holiday weekend.
    The ACE Programme is a charity designed to engage a new generation of Black player

  • ​Cricket to support social media boycott

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) along with all 18 First-Class Counties, the eight Women's Regional teams and the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the football community in taking part in a social media boycott from 15:00 BST on Friday 30 April to 23:59 BST on Monday 3 May.
    In taking part in this boycott, we want to show solidarity with fo

  • Cricket Stars Team Up with Dr Ranj to Help Kids Get Outdoors and Active Again

    England cricketers Chris Woakes and Sophie Ecclestone, who are also set to play in The Hundred this summer, have written a letter to more than 150,000 kids and their parents around the country about the positive role cricket can play in their lives The two international players visited their old primary schools to read the letters to pupils Exacerbated by the pandemic, a recent survey has reveal

  • ECB confirms restructure to selection of England Men's senior teams

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced a restructure of its selection system for men's international teams.
    As part of the restructure, the role of National Selector, currently held by Ed Smith, who was appointed in spring 2018, will no longer exist, and Smith will leave the ECB at the end of the month. In those three years England have enjoyed success across all formats,

  • ​Ben Stokes to have surgery on finger injury

    England all-rounder Ben Stokes will be out for up to 12 weeks after a repeat X-ray and CT scan on Thursday revealed that he has a fracture of his left index finger.
    Stokes, who is currently in India with Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, will fly home tomorrow. He will have surgery in Leeds on Monday.
    The injury occurred while fielding during Royals' opening match against Punjab

  • India A tour postponed

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have agreed to postpone this summer's men's India A tour.
    The India Men’s team will instead tour with a larger squad to prepare for, and use during, the five-match LV= Insurance Test Series.
    India’s warm-up schedule will now comprise two intra-squad four-day matches, which will replace the two previous

  • Jofra Archer Injury Update

    England and Sussex bowler Jofra Archer has been given the all-clear by his hand Consultant to resume training after his right hand continues to heal following his operation on Monday 29 March.
    He will return to light training this week, working closely with the Sussex and England men’s medical teams.
    It is hoped that he will be able to up his intensity with his bowling from next week.
    A

  • UNDER EMBARGO FOR 2200 8 APRIL 2021 Open Letter: Sports support Covid certification (testing and vaccination) review as a credible option to enable full venues from 21 June onwards

    To:
    Boris Johnson MP
    Keir Starmer MP
    Ian Blackford MP
    Ed Davey MP
    Liz Saville-Roberts MP
    8 April 2021

    Sports support Covid certification (testing and vaccination) review as a credible option to enable full venues from 21 June onwards

    We welcome the Government’s commitment to securing a return of spectators to sporting events and the support all political parties and

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