England and Wales Cricket Board news

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new facility is due to open on 26 April 2021 – ... More

The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the industry, according to a statement signed by more than 80 ... More

Leaders of major English sports have told MPs that they are set to lose more than £700m between them over the next 12 months. Appearing ... More

The UK government has begun stepping up its plans for the return of sport, according to culture secretary Oliver Dowden. Dowden revealed that the DCMS ... More

The ICC Cricket World Cup has been credited with delivering a £350m economic boost to the UK. An economic impact and benefits analysis, carried out ... More

The Northern Gateway Sports Park project in Colchester, Essex, is set to open to the public in the summer of 2020. The multi-million pound, 76-acre ... More

Former UK Sport chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, has received a damehood in this year's New Year's honours list. The long-time sports administrator – who was ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the English Premier League are partnering to encourage primary school children across England and Wales to celebrate ... More

Groundskeeping teams at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Premiership rugby side Northampton Saints are among the winners of this year's Institute of Groundsmanship ... More

The outgoing chief medical officer, professor Dame Sally Davies, has called for urgent action across the industry – and the public sector – to help ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has pledged to transform women's cricket by investing up to £50m in the women's game over the next ... More

A major nation-wide campaign is aiming to help people build simple changes into their daily lives, in order to improve their mental wellbeing. Launched on ... More

Sports and culture secretary Nicky Morgan has appointed three members to the board of grassroots agency Sport England. Azeem Akhtar, chief technology officer at BT ... More

A memorable summer of international cricket for England concluded on 15 September with the men's team securing victory in the final Ashes Test to claim ... More

Members of Parliament will quiz cricket chiefs over their plans to capitalise on England's recent World Cup triumph. England secured its first-ever World Cup win ... More

The Cricket World Cup is set to provide English cricket a participation boost, as the tournament's legacy programmes saw more than one million children aged ... More

The UK's largest sports organisations have reinvested £142m of their broadcasting income into developing grassroots under the new voluntary code on broadcasting. It is a ... More

England and Manchester City striker Raheem Sterling, UK Sport CEO Liz Nicholl and the England Netball team were among the winners of the BT Sport ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Nick Pryde as director of participation and growth. Pryde is an internal appointment, having first joined ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made two key appointments to its executive top team. David Mahoney has been named chief operating officer, ... More

Ten national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) have been granted further financial support from funding body Sport England. The 10 NGBs will use the funding ... More

UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have made a number of appointments to strengthen the mental health support system within the UK's ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revealed it is looking to introduce a '100 balls' format into its new eight-team, city-based tournament. Further ... More

Andy Nash has resigned from his role as a director of The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), after accusing the national governing body of ... More