Cricket clubs across Lancashire have received a financial boost of £70,000 through the England and Wales Cricket Trust Small Grant Scheme 2015, supported by Waitrose. Lancashire Cricket Board has distributed funds from the Scheme to clubs, aiming to improve their long term sustainability and / or to increase the number of games played. Clubs applied
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that the first Women’s Cricket Super League will be launched next year, in the 2016 season. This major development for the game will help support greater participation, encourage higher levels of performance and create new commercial partnerships by: Developing ever higher standards for the England team
A new, pioneering programme has been launched by Sussex Cricket in the Community. Sussex Cricket in the Community was formed a year ago, with the aim being to use the values that are central to cricket as a way of increasing educational performance and promoting healthy lifestyles, and to encourage more people from more diverse
Yesterday Hampstead Cricket Club hosted an exciting day of cricket. It began with the England women’s cricket team launching the ECB’s #ThisGirlCan Play Cricket campaign delivering coaching a masterclass to over 100 women and girls from local clubs and schools. England Women then took to the field and managed to hold off a very keen Hampstead
Nalisha Patel, LCB Thunder’s 17 year old right arm off spin bowler, won the Kumon Achievement in Sport Award at this year’s Fusion Awards held at Blackburn’s King Georges Hall. The awards ceremony, aimed at celebrating community cohesion and the contribution of all communities in helping to make the North West region a better place
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is calling on recreational players to have their say and influence the future of the sport at grassroots level in its third annual National Cricket Playing Survey. Leagues across the country are being encouraged to introduce innovative formats, rule changes, different start times, shorter travel distances to matches
This Girl Can… Play Cricket! ECB set to inspire more women and girls to get into cricket this summer Four new bespoke women’s cricket festivals to take place across the country this month England women’s team to help launch new women and girls coaching programme at Hampstead Cricket Club this Sunday (June 7) New online
Scoring 100 for your county is a remarkable achievement; scoring 100 not out for your county on your first appearance as Captain even more so. But to achieve all this at just 11 years of age is incredible. Stand up Liberty Heap-Gibbons and take a bow! I came across this story on-line when I saw
ECB Women’s County Championships Date Home Team Away Team Division/Cup Result 24/05/2015 Berkshire Nottinghamshire Division 1 Berkshire won 37 runs 24/05/2015 Cambs & Hunts Cumbria Division 4 – North & East Cumbria won by 66 runs 24/05/2015 Cheshire Netherlands Division 3 Netherlands won by 2 wickets 24/05/2015 Derbyshire Hampshire Division 3 Hampshire won by 81
Middlesex women won the first ever Pemberton Greenish London Cup, beating Surrey by 26 runs, at the Kia Oval on Monday evening. The Cup match began at 5.30pm; Surrey won the toss and put Middlesex in to bat. Despite getting off to a poor start and losing a wicket off the second ball, Middlesex batted steadily
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