The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England women will travel to the West Indies in October 2016 to play a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series. All five fixtures will be played in Jamaica during a two-week window, starting on Saturday 8th and Monday 10th October with the first two ODIs at
LCB Women is the county’s top tier women’s first team that compete in the Royal London Women’s One Day Championship (Division 2) and NatWest Women’s County T20 (Division 1). (To avoid any confusion it’s not the same as the Lancashire Thunder team which will compete in a new competition the Kia Super League designed to
On the day that full Kia Super League squads are announced, Loughborough Lightning have confirmed that Georgia Elwiss will captain the side in the inaugural edition of the event. With ECB contracted players and international stars confirmed over the last two weeks, Head Coach Sall Briggs has confirmed that Elwiss will lead the squad on
The ECB have now announced the final squads for the Kia Super League and it is exciting to see that several England cricketing superstars, former World Cup and Women’s Ashes winners will line-up alongside future stars in the summer. It can’t have been easy to pick the final 90 from a pool of 200 potential players
Eighteen of the best international women’s cricketers from across the world will play in the Kia Super League this summer, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced which overseas players will appear in the inaugural edition of the competition. Each of the six Kia Super League teams will field three overseas players
Loughborough Lightning has announced that Ellyse Perry (pictured above), Sophie Devine and Dane van Nierkerk will play for the team in 2016. Australian Ellyse Perry and South African Dane van Nierkerk are currently ranked one and two respectively in the ICC T20 all-rounder player rankings, whilst New Zealand’s Sophie Devine had an equally strong ICC Women’s
Sussex Cricket has announced the appointment of a number of new Vice-Presidents. Former Sussex players Mark Robinson, Matt Prior and Michael Yardy have all been appointed, along with Terence Burton, Peter Butter, Derek Linford, Hugh Milner and Hugh Thomas, following their outstanding contributions to Sussex Cricket. Mark Robinson (pictured above), who left Sussex last November to
Kia Motors (UK) will extend its support of the England women’s cricket team after the ECB today announced a renewal of is partnership with the car manufacturer for a further two years, up until the end of May 2018. The agreement, which is an extension of the historic, first ever standalone deal for England women’s
Since the announcement that there will be a Women’s Cricket Super League we have all been excitedly waiting to see how the stars of the England set up will be allocated to the 6 teams that will be taking part. The wait is now over and the ECB have today announced who will be playing
After a successful campaign last year, the Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards are back for this year! The LCB OSCAs recognise the achievements of grassroots volunteers who work week in, week out to ensure that clubs get the game on. Its aim is to reward cricket’s unsung heroes and recognise the contributions and efforts of
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