Over 100,000 kids make 2021 a record-breaking summer of cricket
With more players, more fixtures and greater diversity than we've ever been seen before, 2021 has been a record-breaking year for cricket.
Dawid Malan is added to the England Men’s Test squad for the third Test at Emerald Headingley
England Men’s Head Coach Chris Silverwood has named a 15-player squad for the third LV= Insurance Test match against India starting at Emerald Headingley on Wednesday 25 August 2021.
England Men’s Third Test Squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) Captain
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Rory Burns (Surrey)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Sam
The Ageas Bowl to host Charlotte Edwards Cup final
The Ageas Bowl has been chosen to host the inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day on Sunday September 5.
The first-place team from each group in the group stage and the best second-place team shall qualify for the Finals Day.
Finals Day consists of two matches – the play-off and the final. The best first-place team qualifies automatically for the final. The other first-place team and bes
Schedule updated for England's tour of Pakistan
The schedule for England Men's and England Women's joint tour of Pakistan has been updated.
All fixtures have been moved to Rawalpindi, and moved forward one day to assist with England Men's and Pakistan Men's preparations for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
The teams will travel together and will depart the UK on October 9. Both teams will play two IT20s, before the England Men's team depart t
Royal London Cup match at Radlett cancelled
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the cancellation of tomorrow’s Royal London Cup match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire at Radlett due to a Covid-19 outbreak within the Gloucestershire squad.
Members of the Gloucestershire squad are required to self-isolate which has resulted in the cancellation of the match.
Under Playing Condition 16.11.4.5 Group A will, therefo
England U19 men’s team to host West Indies U19 in September
England U19s men’s team will host West Indies this summer in a Royal London U19 series consisting of six ODIs.
ECB Elite Pathway Coach Richard Dawson will coach the team, the Young Lions’ first fixture since the 2020 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
ECB Performance Director, Mo Bobat, said: “With no international U19 cricket having been played for well over a year now, we’re re
Jofra Archer ruled out for the rest of the year
The England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that England fast bowler Jofra Archer underwent further scans on his injured right elbow last week. The scans revealed that he has suffered a recurrence of a stress fracture of his right elbow.
In response to these findings, he has been ruled out for the rest of the year and will miss the current LV= Insurance Test series against India, the ICC M
Cricket Discipline Commission Hearing - Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Fixed Penalties
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has imposed suspended sanctions against Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Colin Ackermann following a remote disciplinary hearing on 2 August.
The hearing was held after Leicestershire received six fixed penalties in a 12-month period; Ackermann was captain on all six occasions.
As a consequence of the fixed penalties, Leic
England’s Men’s tour of Bangladesh rearranged for March 2023
England’s Men’s planned tour of Bangladesh, which was due to take place in September and October 2021, will now take place in March 2023, it has been confirmed.
The England and Wales Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Cricket Board have mutually decided to reschedule the tour, which includes three One Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals.
The tour is planned to take place in the
Ben Stokes withdraws from England Men's Test Squad
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) can confirm that England Men's all-rounder Ben Stokes will take an indefinite break from all cricket with immediate effect.
Stokes has withdrawn from England's Test squad ahead of the LV= Insurance Test series against India starting next week to prioritise his mental wellbeing and to rest his left index finger, which has not fully healed since his retur