Kathy Gibbs was born in Barbados and has worked around the world before joining the ECB in 2021 as Sustainability Manager. She has written about the many and varied sustainable actions she has witnessed across cricket since joining, and how the ECB’s new Environmental Sustainability Plan aims to support all parts of the game to achieve their sustainability ambitions and protect the game for future generations.
Beth Barrett-Wild, the ECB’s director of the women’s professional game, explains how a strategic marcomms approach to the Metro Bank Women’s Ashes Series has set up a future of enduring success.
Record-breaking 31 teams participated in the European cricket tournament.
The ECB has an emergency fund to support clubs who need it and over 20 years’ experience of advising club on technical and practical matters. Our Director of Facilities, Bruce Cruse, has provided information on steps any club affected by floods should take.
Eight countries will be divided into two groups and games will begin on 3 December.
Chris Edwards and his team will be defending their title.
One of the leading figures in Welsh women’s and girls’ cricket has been shortlisted for the prestigious Sunday Times Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year Award.
Earlier this summer, Sophie was recognised for her personal development and contribution to Super 1s when she was presented with an Inspire Award by England all-rounder Chris Woakes and comic Adam Hills. We asked Sophie about her journey, and how cricket has helped her, and why she loves the sport so much.
The Sunday Times Awards – now in their 36th year – aim to recognise and honour female athletes from the grassroots game right up to the very top.
With a lifelong love of cricket and an impressive career in finance, new Lancashire Cricket non-executive Honorary Director, Vic Stewart, is determined to help the sport grow and become more inclusive.
The National Cricket Collective Awards recognise the hard work and dedication of volunteers.
Sue Redfern reflects on the latest 'first' in her trailblazing umpiring career after becoming the first female to umpire an LV= Insurance County Championship match.
Warwickshire’s history has been enriched by numerous great West Indians – Derief Taylor, Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Lance Gibbs, Deryck Murray, Brian Lara. But arguably, none shaped Warwickshire cricket more that Errol Simms.
Leeds Kites CC are thought to be only the third LGBT+ inclusive cricket club in the world. They follow the creation of Graces Cricket Club in 1996 and the Birmingham Unicorns, established in 2021. Members have progressed from Zoom meetings to being invited by Yorkshire Cricket to train at Headingley.
A new complaints handling process is designed to give cricket participants more trust around reports of discrimination. Sara Niblock, Director of the ECB’s Anti-Discrimination Unit and Safeguarding, explains more
We hear from three young cricketers who met the England Women's team.
The pilot has been extended nationwide as part of the ECB and Initial's partnership to bring period dignity to recreational cricket.
On the day the PCA announce a further advancement in helmet safety, in line with Vitality, ECB's Chief Medical Officer Professor Nick Peirce discusses the game's journey and progression with regards to helmets.
Ahead of Wednesday's Disability Premier League final, Pirates star Brendon Parr reflects on his journey in disability cricket and looks ahead to Sky Sports' televised final against the Hawks.
The success of the DPL will illuminate the path to a bright future for all in the game, as national disabilities manager Edgar Herridge explains:
From the Disability Premier League brochure, we hear from four inspirational grassroots individuals about the role cricket has played for them. In the second of two parts, we hear from Amelia Ridgway and Miranda Brown.
From the Disability Premier League brochure, we hear from four inspirational grassroots individuals about the role cricket has played for them. In the first of two parts, we hear from Bradley Donovan and Angie Pittaway
A valiant effort from both England's Visually Impaired sides at the IBSA World Blind Games, but unfortunately neither team was able to progress further in the Birmingham tournament.
It was a hard day at the office for both England's Men's and England Women's Visually Impaired teams as they faced Bangladesh Men and India Women in the IBSA World Blind Games in Birmingham.
On Sunday 13th August, the ECB, in collaboration with Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire County Cricket Board and the ACE programme, hosted an African-Caribbean Cricket Festival to help celebrate and support the Black community within the game. The day was a real celebration of African-Caribbean culture, with live music, dancing and traditional West Indian food. Pioneering heroes of African-Caribbean cricket attended as two matches took place; a Legend’s game between David ‘Syd’ Lawrence XI and Norman Cowans XI, as well as a match between the ACE Programme Academy and the Antigua and Barbuda U19s. Reflecting on the day, former England cricketer and Glamorgan and Welsh Fire coach Mark Alleyne talks about the importance of such events and creating opportunities for the community to connect.
England Women VI came out on the wrong side of the result in their first-ever fixture, while for England Men VI there was an opening day win.
ECB's Deputy CEO, Clare Connor, updates on cricket's plans to respond to the ICEC report in the coming months.
Kathryn Jelfs-White, captain of the England Women’s Visually Impaired team, looks ahead to the start of the World Blind Games and what could prove to be a huge moment in the development of female disability cricket.
Derbyshire's Disability Liaison Officer Lily Smith talks about her role at the club and her recent appointment to the ECB's Disabled Employee Network.