For the second year in a row, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is delighted to join forces with broadcast partner Sky, to theme the upcoming Specsavers Ashes Test at the Emerald Headingley, The Participation Test. Throughout the third Specsavers Ashes Test, Sky will highlight ECB initiatives helping to make the game more accessible, and
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Mark Robinson is to step down as Head Coach of the England Women’s team after four years in the role. Robinson, who oversaw England’s ICC Women’s World Cup win over India at Lord’s two years ago, departs following the team’s Ashes defeat to Australia earlier
Danielle Hazell and Darren Lehmann have been appointed as Head Coaches for the Leeds-based team for The Hundred. The former World Cup winning coach and player Lehmann will return to the north, where he is much loved after being a key part of Yorkshire’s 2001 Specsavers County Championship winning side – their first title for
Nine matches have been squeezed inside a week, to leave players and staff gasping for breath. Western Storm have continued their serene progress, claiming five wins out of five, but in the process they have shown up the weaknesses of the competition as well as its strengths. For their latest contest they travelled up to
Shane Warne and Lisa Keightley have been appointed as the men’s and women’s head coaches respectively for the London based team, which will comprise of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire, ahead of the inaugural season of The Hundred. Legendary Australia leg-spinner Warne, 49, is one of the most iconic names in world
Two more games in the Kia Super League, two more wins for the southern franchises. The Guildford match was over in a trice; the Vipers had to hold their nerve at Haslegrave to squeeze home against Lightning in the final over. Surrey Stars followed convention by inviting the visitors to bat first. Marizanne Kapp started
After the desolation of a trouncing by the Australians can English cricketers return to the sort of form that won them a World Cup so recently? Well, the shape of the KSL allows them to enjoy lots of help from outsiders, not least some of the self-same Aussies. This is its last season. We can
Here are the fixtures for the 2019 Kia Super League: Tuesday August 6th 2019 Lancashire Thunder vs Southern Vipers – Vipers win by 34 runs Loughborough Lightning vs Western Storm – Storm win by 7 wickets Yorkshire Diamonds vs Surrey Stars – Stars win by 9 runs Thursday August 8th 2019 Surrey Stars vs Lancashire
England Women won the final match of the Vitality Women’s IT20 series and the Women’s Ashes with a spirited effort at Bristol. Debutant off-spinner Mady Villiers was the star of the day – taking 2-20 and claiming the big wickets of Alyssa Healy and Ashleigh Gardner. England had earlier set 139-5 from their 20 overs,
Australia Women won the second Vitality Women’s IT20 at Hove and went 12-2 up in the Women’s Ashes. England batted first on a slow pitch and worked their way to 121-9. Some early wickets gave them hope of defending their total – Australia at one point slipping to 35-3 – but Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry
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