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7 June 2023 07:56

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 8.30AM (BST) ON WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2023 - Moeen Ali added to England Men’s Test Squad

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 8.30AM (BST) ON WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2023
Warwickshire spin-bowling all-rounder Moeen Ali has been added to the England Men’s Test squad for the first two LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes Test matches against Australia starting at Edgbaston on Friday 16 June 2023.
He replaces Somerset’s Jack Leach, who was withdrawn from the original 16-player squad on Sunday after sustaining

England Men's Test spinner Jack Leach (Getty Images)

4 June 2023 17:44

Official Statement: Jack Leach

England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled of the LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes series with a low back (lumbar) stress fracture.
The 31-year-old Somerset slow-left-armer developed low back symptoms during England’s LV= Insurance Test victory over Ireland on Saturday. A scan on Sunday in London has revealed a stress fracture, which will keep him out of the forthcoming Ashes Test series, which gets un

England Men's Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Credit: ECB Collection)

3 June 2023 13:00

England Men name unchanged squad for first two LV= Insurance Ashes Test matches

England Men's selection panel have named an unchanged 16-player squad for the first two LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes Test matches against Australia starting at Edgbaston on Friday 16 June 2023.

England Men's Ashes Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley

25 May 2023 16:54

Official Statement: Jason Roy

England Men’s white-ball batter Jason Roy has informed the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that he wishes to take up an agreement with Major League Cricket in the USA later this summer.
The ECB have agreed for him to play in the competition on the proviso that he gives up the remainder of his ECB incremental contract, which both parties have agreed to.
The ECB wish to clarify that th

Yorkshire and England wicketkeeper-batter Jonathan Bairstow returns to the Test squad for the first time since last summer. (Getty Images)

16 May 2023 10:00

Squad announced for England Men’s Test match versus Ireland

England Men's selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test match against Ireland at Lord’s starting on Thursday 1 June 2023.
England Men's Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dan L

England pace bowler Jofra Archer, who is returning home from the IPL (Getty Images)

9 May 2023 08:27

Official Statement: Jofra Archer

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) can confirm that fast bowler Jofra Archer will return from the Indian Premier League with immediate effect.
Archer has been recovering from right elbow surgery. However, pushing through the discomfort whilst recently playing, hoping it will settle, has proven challenging. Therefore, it has been agreed for him to return to the UK for a period of rest a

England return to Trinidad for the first time since 2009. Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago (Getty Images)

2 May 2023 17:00

England Men’s tour of the Caribbean announced

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the full match schedule for the West Indies Men’s 2023 International Home Series against England in December 2023. The tour begins with a three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series, followed by five T20 Internationals (T20Is). The current ICC Men’s ODI and T20I world champions, England will visit Antigua, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad in th

2 February 2023 11:00

England Men's squads announced for Bangladesh

England Men's selection panel have named the two 15-player squads for next month’s ODI and IT20 series away to Bangladesh.

ODI Squad:
Jos Buttler (Lancashire, captain), Tom Abell (Somerset), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Sam Curran (Surrey), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), P

11 January 2023 10:29

Neil Killeen appointed men's Elite Pace Bowling Coach

The England and Wales Cricket Board has appointed Neil Killeen as men’s Elite Pace Bowling Coach.

Killeen, 47, joins from his home county Durham where he has been a player and coach for 30 years. He has been a bowling coach at Durham since 2011, most recently as the club’s Assistant Lead and Head Bowling Coach, and will begin his new role from 18 January following an open recruitment proces

England Men's White-Ball Captain Jos Buttler (Getty Images)

27 December 2022 11:30

Schedule confirmed for England Men’s White-Ball Tour of Bangladesh

England Men are scheduled to play three ODIs and three IT20s against Bangladesh in March 2023 after the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed the tour dates.

The tourists will return to Bangladesh for the first time since 2016 and will play internationals in Dhaka and Chattogram. The tour will start with three ODIs, the first two matches taking place at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (

England Men's Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Credit: Getty Images)

23 December 2022 10:00

England Men’s Test squad announced for the tour of New Zealand

England Men's selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the two-match Test tour of New Zealand starting in February.

England Men's Test squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Ben Foakes (Surrey)
Will Jacks (Surrey)
Dan Lawrence

22 December 2022 10:00

England name squad for Men’s ODI tour of South Africa

England Men's selection panel have named a 14-strong squad for the three-match ODI series against South Africa starting in January.

England Men's ODI squad:

Jos Buttler (Lancashire) Captain
Moeen Ali (Warwickshire)
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Jas

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