ECB

ECB has hit a winner by fast-tracking Charlotte Edwards to England role | Raf Nicholson

Appointing a successful coach whose world revolves around women’s cricket is an ideal first step after a woeful Ashes campaign

Raf Nicholson

01, Apr, 2025 @6:00 PM

ECB accused of ‘limiting opportunities’ for disabled cricketers at elite level

New pan-disability team puts three England sides into one and could favour the most able, say players

Exclusive by Raf Nicholson

28, Mar, 2025 @5:42 PM

Ben Stokes in frame for England ODI captaincy and Harry Brook for T20 role

Rob Key could offer Ben Stokes the one-day captaincy and potentially put Harry Brook in charge of the T20 side

Ali Martin

06, Mar, 2025 @2:19 PM

New franchise owners in the Hundred pushing for IPL-style auction next year

The Hundred could introduce an IPL-style open auction with the new investors pushing for unlimited budgets to attract the best players in the world

Exclusive by Matt Hughes

18, Feb, 2025 @12:00 PM

Hundred expansion a ‘no-brainer’ if investment succeeds, predicts ECB chief

English cricket bosses believe that it will be ‘almost a no-brainer’ to expand the Hundred after raising more than £520m by selling a stake in each of the competition’s eight teams

Sean Ingle

13, Feb, 2025 @1:15 PM

Hundred auction leaves counties feeling flush but no longer calling the shots | Ali Martin

Minority partners will have major influence with combined valuation of the eight teams tracking towards £1bn

Ali Martin

07, Feb, 2025 @7:00 PM

‘Too simplistic’: Robinson says sackings won’t solve England women’s woes

England’s Ashes defeat was a ‘tough watch’ for former coach Mark Robinson but he says the ECB needs to avoid a ‘blame game’

Ali Martin

05, Feb, 2025 @8:00 AM

Cricket’s going bananas: nothing is real at Hundred auction but it still costs £145m | Jonathan Liew

Forget runs, wickets and boundaries. Brazen billionaires just invested in the sport’s most bizarre art form: the idea of a team

Jonathan Liew

04, Feb, 2025 @8:00 AM

Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction

A consortium comprising chief executives of Microsoft and Google won the right to buy a 49% share in the Lord’s-based franchise

Ali Martin

31, Jan, 2025 @5:56 PM

IPL billionaires and Birmingham City owners win auction for Hundred teams

Indian billionaires and owners of Mumbai Indians shell out £60m for share in Oval Invincibles, while Knighthead Capital pay £40m for stake in Birmingham Phoenix

Exclusive by Matt Hughes and Ali Martin

30, Jan, 2025 @9:33 PM

‘We’re not gonna be woke’: Middlesex chief risks ECB wrath over new diversity rules

Andrew Cornish criticises ‘token’ appointments at club forum but ECB has set new targets and could withhold funding

Exclusive by Matt Hughes

30, Jan, 2025 @6:15 PM

ECB accused of ‘selling family silver’ as Hundred auction starts with Invincibles

The ECB has been accused of ‘selling the family silver and cricket’s soul’ by one of the Hundred bidders with Oval Invicibles to be sold first when the final round of the auction begins today

Matt Hughes

29, Jan, 2025 @6:00 PM