Rip-roaring Quakers defeat Stokesley
Table topping Darlington beat the elements and their closest rivals between a cloudburst and hot sunshine on a day when five of the other six games were abandoned and a seventh never even started.The...
View ArticleEngland 2015 summer fixtures Q&A
Following the announcement of England's 2015 summer fixtures yesterday, here we answer some frequently asked questions. Why has Cardiff been awarded the first Investec Ashes Test match again in 2015?...
View ArticleBowdon and CBH rainy day winners
The first wet Saturday since August 25, 2012 saw just two ECB Premiership games being played with Bowdon and Chester Boughton Hall making the most of their location in the 'dry' west of the county with...
View ArticleO'Brien returns to Surrey
Kevin O’Brien will feature for Surrey in the NatWest T20 Blast after signing a short-term deal at the Kia Oval.The Ireland all-rounder, who played three Twenty20s for Surrey last term, returns for the...
View ArticleHead Coach role for Ali
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced that Qasim Ali has been appointed as the new Head Coach of the England Physical Disability (PD) team.Ali, who has worked with the England...
View ArticleLIVE: LV= County Championship
Follow all the action on the penultimate day in this round of LV= County Championship games, with England international Eoin Morgan making a century for Middlesex.By Callum Dent & Matt...
View ArticleCarberry and Bresnan return to face Sri Lanka
England selectors today announced a 13-man squad for the NatWest International T20 against current ICC World T20 champions Sri Lanka on Tuesday 20 May at the Kia Oval and a 14-man squad for the first...
View ArticleClubs encouraged to open their doors
New England Cricket Team Sponsor Waitrose is offering £100 worth of products to 1,000 cricket clubs and is to donate £100 to grassroots cricket development for every four or six scored across the...
View ArticleTopley sticks with Essex
Reece Topley will continue his long association with Essex after signing a one-year contract extension, tying him to the county until the end of the 2015 season.The 20-year-old left-arm seamer, who...
View ArticleThe layman's guide to NatWest T20 Blast
THE ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALSMost group games are on Friday nights (70% to be precise)There are 11 Gameweeks in the group stages beginning every Friday from May 1618 teams are split into 2 groups: SOUTH...
View ArticleFundraising - giving your club that little bit extra
We understand that fundraising is important for clubs and their future development. Funding schemes are limited, so it is vital that clubs find other ways of generating income.ECB is delighted to...
View ArticleNash lights up dull draw
Brendan Nash's best efforts could not stop Kent’s LV= County Championship clash with Derbyshire ending as a draw.No play on either the first or third days meant the match at the 3aaa County Ground was...
View ArticleSublime Smith secures Surrey success
Graeme Smith hit his first century for Surrey as they beat Gloucestershire by four wickets in LV= County Championship Division Two at the Kia Oval.The hosts were set 267 to win, Smith's excellent 103...
View ArticleHampshire win to go top
Hampshire moved to the summit of Division Two as they wrapped up a six-wicket victory over Glamorgan before lunch on day four of their LV= County Championship clash at the Ageas Bowl.The visitors came...
View ArticleMurtagh terrorises Red Rose
Seamer Tim Murtagh's 6-60 set up Middlesex's 10-wicket win over Lancashire at Lord's, helping to keep the pressure on leaders Yorkshire at the top of LV= County Championship Division One.Middlesex had...
View ArticleDestructive Wessels inspires Notts
By James O'BrienRiki Wessels warmed up for the NatWest T20 Blast with a swashbuckling 158 from 152 balls to inspire Nottinghamshire to victory by an innings and 10 runs against his former club...
View ArticleLV=CC, May 14: As it happened
A thrilling day of LV= County Championship action saw Middlesex and Nottinghamshire win in Division One, while Hampshire and Surrey triumphed in the second tier.By Rob Barnett, Callum Dent and Matthew...
View ArticleVince on the rise in MVP rankings
James Vince might have missed out on an international call up for the Royal London one-day internationals, or next week's NatWest Twenty20 against Sri Lanka, but he is rising in the FTI MVP rankings...
View ArticleButtler aims to emulate the best
Jos Buttler wants to emulate the world's best in the NatWest T20 BlastJos Buttler is determined to match the power striking of international stars Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers during this season’s...
View ArticleFalcons at full throttle for opener
Derbyshire Falcons are ready to unleash star overseas duo Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marcus North on their NatWest T20 Blast opener away to Leicestershire Foxes on Friday night.North will make his...
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