Sixteen young England fast bowlers from across the men’s and women’s development programmes will travel to the High Performance Institute of Sport in Potchefstroom in the next month to take part in intensive skill based and strength and conditioning training camps. First to arrive in Potchefstroom, a mixture of high potential seam bowlers from the England
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced the England women’s touring party for the five-match One-Day International (ODI) and three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series in New Zealand next month. Charlotte Edwards (Kent) will captain a 15-player squad, which includes left-arm spinner Rebecca Grundy (Warwickshire) and Kent’s off-spinning all-rounder Laura Marsh, as they both
The England cricket team have plenty to look forward to over the next 12 months. This is what is on the agenda for Charlotte Edwards and her team. Tour of New Zealand England Women have an important trip to New Zealand in February, with the first stage of the tour vital in their quest to climb the International
Kate Cross has highlighted the importance a successful tour to New Zealand can have on England’s position in the International Cricket Council Women’s Championship. Charlotte Edwards’ side currently sit fourth in the table, with two wins and a washout from three matches, seven points off leaders Australia, who have played three games more. They continue
England International Kate Cross talks through her training regime this winter… We have had a relatively quiet winter. We have got only one tour and that is to New Zealand in February. It has been really nice to have some time to train and not have the pressure of preparing for a tour. Last winter
Nine girls aged between 15 and 18 have been selected on Lancashire’s emerging players programme for 2015. Along with seven boys, Georgia Holmes, Nalisha Patel, Rachel Dickinson, Hannah Jones, Eleanor Threlkeld, Shachi Pai, Laura Jackson, Erin Staunton-Turner and Lucy Staunton-Turner have all impressed during different programmes at Emirates Old Trafford. The 16 players will now
ECB recently announced its grassroots cricket participation figures for adults and children over the age of 14. These figures have been derived from ECBs Eureka! insight programme. This year’s research showed a seven per cent decrease in the total number of players playing cricket in teams – down from 908,000 in 2013 to 844,000 in 2014.
Howzat?! England women’s cricketers put umpiring skills to the test to help increase awareness: The ECB Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) is set to launch a new female officiating project to encourage more women and girls to become active umpires and scorers in the game. The ECB ACO currently stands as the largest group of
The annual ICC Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the games heroes. The awards have honoured some of the biggest names in men’s and women’s international cricket. This year the ICC LG People’s Choice Award was won by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He becomes the fourth cricketer to win this award after Sachin Tendulkar (first ever recipient)
England cricketers Gary Ballance, Katherine Brunt (both Yorkshire) and Sarah Taylor (Sussex), along with Umpire Richard Kettleborough, have been congratulated by ECB Chairman, Giles Clarke, after the quartet were announced as winners of major individual honours in the annual LG ICC Awards. The 2014 LG ICC Spirit of Cricket Award has been won by Katherine
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