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12 June 2024 00:01

The ECB launches 'Taste of Cricket' with over 100 events celebrating inclusion and diversity in grassroots game

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced the launch of its Taste of Cricket campaign, supported by Remitly Part of the existing Raising The Game platform, designed to ensure everyone feels welcome to play and enjoy cricket, the campaign will celebrate the unique relationship the sport has with food, through the ‘match tea’ occasion, and its ability to bring communities togeth

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

The venue was transformed into a festival of cricket and South Asian culture. Photo: Getty Images

18 April 2024 20:06

Pakistan party brought to Birmingham ahead of next-level England series

Former gas works site in Birmingham transformed into celebration of tape ball cricket and South Asian culture to mark the build-up to England vs Pakistan
England stars Heather Knight, Adil Rashid, Jamie Goodwin and Dawid Malan took part in a showcase tape ball cricket match alongside women’s cricket fans Kate Lawler and Shazia Mirza
Tape ball is a casual form of cricket which started on

18 April 2024 10:03

ECB launches inaugural tape ball competition across Core Cities

It’s a game of thrills, spills, passion and drama – now a brand new national competition is being launched to showcase the best of tape ball cricket from diverse urban communities across the country.
Ahead of the start of England Men’s and Women’s international series against Pakistan next month, England stars Adil Rashid, Dawid Malan, Heather Knight and Sophie Ecclestone will today help launch

In Cubicle Period Dignity Dispensers provide free and discreet access to period products.

18 September 2023 15:00

ECB and Initial extend period dignity campaign across recreational cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Initial Washroom Hygiene (Initial) will now offer In Cubicle Period Dignity Dispensers to all grassroots clubs with girls’ sections across England and Wales.
The roll-out is a nationwide extension of the pilot programme that has been run across Derbyshire with the support of the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation.
ECB’s Head of Female Participation Te

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

England Women cricketers and Jason Roy at a Metro Bank event. Photo: Getty Images

6 September 2023 10:03

ECB & Metro Bank pledge to treble number of girls' cricket teams by 2026

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Metro Bank have pledged to treble the number of girls’ cricket teams in England and Wales.

The two organisations will work together with the aim of transforming access to grassroots cricket by recruiting 6,000 volunteers to grow girls’ cricket so there are 2,000 clubs with a girls' section and 6,000 girls' teams by 2026.
The announcement f

23 November 2022 14:58

ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners join forces, taking cricket to hundreds more schools this year

Through inclusive programmes being rolled out by the ECB, Chance to Shine and Lord’s Taverners, cricket will be taken directly to those children who are at the greatest risk of missing out on playing the game.

More than 55,000 extra children from underserved communities, and those attending special educational needs and disability schools, are being given the chance to play cricket through

A cricketer with the Rainbow Laces in their spikes. Photo: Tom Shaw/ECB Images

24 August 2022 17:00

ECB to celebrate Rainbow Laces

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are supporting Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign across 25 August-28 August.

It is the fifth time the game has come together to celebrate and encourage LGBTQ+ participation in cricket. The campaign will run across Royal London Cup quarter-finals, The Hundred and – and for the first time – the England Men’s LV= Insurance Test match against South Afr

3 March 2022 15:00

UNDER EMBARGO (7:30am FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022): ECB LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S & GIRLS’ PLATFORM WE GOT GAME TO TURBOCHARGE THE PROFILE OF WOMEN’S CRICKET

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As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 kicks off in New Zealand, and England Women look to defend their title, We Got Game goes live with a standalone Instagram channel and content inspired by both professional and grassroots players

We Got Game is a new platform designed to e

19 November 2021 15:50

CRICKET UNITES TO ACT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Following an all-game meeting at The Kia Oval, cricket today committed to taking wide-ranging action to tackle discrimination and promote inclusion and diversity at all levels.

The ECB, the MCC, the PCA, NCCA and the First Class and Recreational County Cricket network met in the wake of recent revelations about discrimination in the game.
They have committed to tangible action and discus

The England and Wales Cricket Board, alongside the wider cricket community, are recognising a record-breaking 20,000 volunteers this year to celebrate the people that make our game happen.

15 September 2021 15:30

ECB honours 20,000 volunteers through Grassroots Cricket Awards

The England and Wales Cricket Board, alongside the wider cricket community, are recognising a record-breaking 20,000 volunteers this year to celebrate the people that make our game happen.

In total, over 42,000 volunteers have helped their local clubs and communities to play more cricket and get more people involved in the game than ever before.
To showcase the outstanding work carried

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