Bears name change revealed
Warwickshire have today announced that throughout the newly-unveiled 2014 NatWest T20 Blast competition they will be known as Birmingham Bears.The county feel the move will help them forge greater...
View ArticleSibley and Curran earn Surrey deals
Surrey have announced that promising teenage duo Dominic Sibley and Tom Curran have extended their contracts at the Kia Oval.Batsman Sibley and pace bowler Curran, both 18, made names for themselves...
View ArticleLees eager to be let off leash
By Rob BarnettHaving faced the likes of Tim Bresnan and Steven Finn in the Brisbane nets, England Performance Programme batsman Alex Lees is looking forward to some match action this week.The...
View ArticleBresnan included in EPP side
Tim Bresnan will make his comeback from injury during England Performance Programme’s clash with a Queensland Second XI this week.The Yorkshire seamer has not played competitive cricket since the...
View ArticleCounty schedule for 2014 announced
ECB listened to the fans to make some key scheduling changes to domestic cricket ECB today announced the new county fixture schedule for 2014 which will include regular Friday and Sunday start dates...
View ArticleColes named Wiltshire skipper
Michael Coles has retaken the captaincy of Wiltshire for the 2014 season, having led the county in 2010.The 32-year-old, who will also represent Corsham next year, stood down due to business...
View ArticleDhawan decimates Windies
Shikhar Dhawan’s fifth one-day international century this year set up a comfortable series-clinching win for India over West Indies at Kanpur.Dhawan’s rapid 119, from just 95 balls, put the hosts on...
View ArticleNepal and UAE reach World T20
Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have qualified for the World Twenty20 for the first time.Nepal secured a thrilling last-ball victory over Hong Kong to book their place at next year's tournament in...
View ArticleMcDermott and Richardson out of tour game
Alister McDermott and Kane Richardson have been withdrawn from the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI to face England in Alice Springs this week. They have been replaced by fellow seamers Jayde Herrick,...
View ArticleSimpson passes away
Reg Simpson, who was England's oldest surviving player, has died aged 93.The tall and stylish batsman played 27 Tests from 1948 to 1955, scoring 1,401 runs including four centuries at an average of...
View ArticleBell on shortlist for BBC award
Star England batsman Ian Bell has been named on the shortlist for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.The Warwickshire man cracked 562 runs as England won the Ashes last summer,...
View ArticleQueensland Second XI v England Performance Programme, Day 1
Images of the first day of three between Queensland Seconds and England Performance Programme at Brisbane's Allan Border Field, taken by EPP squad member Reece Topley.
View ArticleBresnan prospers with bat on return
Tim Bresnan hit an unbeaten 57 on his comeback from injury as the England Performance Programme’s batting dominated the first day of three versus Queensland Second XI.Bresnan, who had not played since...
View ArticleBroad: England must come back
Over a week in advance, Stuart Broad has highlighted the importance of England bouncing back in the first hour of the next Ashes Test.Broad was England’s outstanding performer in the opening defeat at...
View ArticleHampshire no longer 'Royals'
Hampshire have dropped ‘Royals’ from their limited-overs name.The county have made the decision as they prepare for the 150th anniversary of their first game on July 7 1864.Hampshire have used the...
View ArticleDutch and Hong Kong reach World T20
The Netherlands have qualified for the 2014 World Twenty20 at Scotland’s expense, along with Hong Kong who denied Papua New Guinea a place.In the second of two winner-takes-all contests at Abu Dhabi,...
View ArticleRedfern exits Derbyshire
Twenty-three-year-old batsman Dan Redfern has left Derbyshire by mutual agreement.Redfern came through the county’s academy and made his List A debut in 2006, his first-class bow in 2007 and maiden LV=...
View ArticleRainford-Brent appointed to ECB Trust
ECB today announced that the former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent had been appointed as a trustee of the England and Wales Cricket Board Trust.Rainford-Brent, who played 29 times for her...
View ArticleStokes has spring in his step
Ben Stokes says this week’s tour game with a Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI in Alice Springs has come at just the right time for England.The tourists will be in action tomorrow and Saturday at Traegar...
View ArticleQueensland Second XI v England Performance Programme, Day 2
Images from the second day of three between Queensland Seconds and the England Performance Programme at Brisbane's Allan Border Field.
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