The ECB is pleased to announce the appointment of Leah Poulton as its new Managing Director of England Women, charged with overseeing the success of the international team and pathways. With England Women having reached the final of this summer’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and with the Metro Bank Women’s Ashes on home soil
ECB and Metro Bank announce partnership to invest in the people powering women’s and girls’ cricket Partnership will strengthen the workforce behind the recreational game through the expansion of Take Her Lead’s Women’s Network. Take Her Lead (THL), the charity championing women and girls in cricket founded by Isa Guha, has announced a new partnership
Clare Connor, ECB Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of England Women, has announced she will leave the organisation at the end of this summer’s home ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. In a trailblazing career, Connor has overseen the transformation of women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales for more than 18 years
England Women A have named their squad to take on India A in their forthcoming IT20 series. Off-spinner Charlie Dean will captain the 13-player group who will travel to India on Sunday. After a fortnight-long training camp in Oman, the squad will fine-tune their preparations in Mumbai ahead of three IT20 fixtures taking place on
LV= Insurance County Championship returns April 6, in the same format as last year – each county will play 14 fixtures. The fixture list for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy has doubled, with 14 50-over fixtures per season for each women’s regional team. Vitality Blast starts with Vitality Blast Off at Edgbaston on May 20,
The 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be held in England and Wales, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced today. The success of the ECB’s bid to host the competition means this country will host another global women’s cricket competition less than a decade since England captain Heather Knight lifted the 50-over ICC
Five umpires have been added to the newly-established Professional Umpires’ Team who will officiate in men’s and women’s matches across England and Wales. Naeem Ashraf, Anthony Harris, Sue Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam and Jack Shantry join the new 34-person Professional Umpires’ Team, which has been established following an independent review into officiating carried out last year.
Players are being signed on an individual basis by the eight teams in the women’s competition. Teams will continue to fill their squads over the coming months. World’s top female T20 bowler Sophie Ecclestone and leading female T20 batter Beth Mooney are among the latest women’s star signings. Women’s competition currently features three of world’s
The eight teams within the new women’s Regional set-up have today confirmed their allocation of professional players – meaning 41 female cricketers have now signed full-time domestic contracts. In June of this year 25 players signed regional retainers. Today’s announcement adds a further 16 players to the list of contracted professionals and confirms that all
We are undertaking a number of steps to prepare for potential outcomes that an ongoing situation with Covid-19 might bring for the cricket community here in England and Wales. In conjunction with our partners across the network, we are building contingency plans across a number of possible eventualities. Our main priorities are to ensure we
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