England and Wales Cricket Board
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May 2025 | James Rew was named captain of the England Lions cricket team for the fixture against India A. |
2025 | Introduced the Women's version of The Hundred, a 100-ball franchise competition running parallel to the men's event with the same eight teams. |
2025 | ECB overhauled its women's domestic cricket structure by introducing new national competitions aligned with men's formats. |
2025 | Introduced the Women's Metro Bank One Day Cup, a new 50-over competition featuring eight regional women's teams, replacing the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. |
2025 | Launched the Women's T20 Blast, a new tournament replacing the Charlotte Edwards Cup and mirroring the format of the men's T20 Blast. |
2025 | England Lions tour of Australia announced with Alex Davies as captain, featuring a diverse squad of 18 players from various English counties. |
September 7 2024 | Andrew Flintoff was appointed as the England Lions head coach. |
February 2023 | Richard Gould took over as permanent CEO, replacing Clare Connor. |
September 2022 | Richard Thompson became the Chairman of the ECB Board. |
May 2022 | Clare Connor held the CEO position on an interim basis. |
2021 | Launched the Charlotte Edwards Cup, a T20 competition for women that ran from 2021 to 2024 before being replaced by the Women's T20 Blast. |
2021 | The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) launched the Disability Premier League (DPL), a T20 cricket competition that brings together players from Physical Disability (PD), Learning Disability (LD), and Hearing Impairment/Deaf groups, designed to promote disability cricket and encourage new participants. |
2021 | The Hundred competition was officially launched after being delayed from its original 2020 start date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2021 | The England and Wales Cricket Board committed to investing £20 million specifically into transforming women's and girls' cricket, with a comprehensive strategy focusing on participation, pathway, performance, profile, and people. |
2020 | Introduced the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, a 50-over women's competition that ran from 2020 to 2024 before being replaced by the Women's Metro Bank One Day Cup. |
2020 | The National Counties (formerly Minor Counties) split their Western and Eastern divisions into two five-team groups with promotion and relegation. |
2020 | Secured a broadcasting contract with BBC to screen at least ten live matches from the men's competition, including the final, marking the return of live cricket to free-to-air television after 15 years. |
2020 | England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) launched The Hundred, a new cricket competition designed to attract families and younger fans, with each side playing 100 balls and games intended to last less than three hours. |
2020 | ECB created eight new city-based cricket teams: Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets, and Welsh Fire. |
2020 | The county cricket structure is reorganized, with the First-Class Counties divided into 10 teams in Division One and eight teams in Division Two. |
2019 | Over 67,000 children participated in All Stars Cricket sessions across more than 2,200 cricket clubs, marking a significant milestone for the ECB's entry-level participation programme for children aged 5-8. |
2019 | Installed 110 non-turf pitches in urban areas and recruited 600 female volunteers through the South Asian Action Plan initiative. |
2019 | Opened the Leyton Cricket Hub in east London, the first urban cricket centre of its kind in the country, as part of the South Asian Action Plan. |
2019 | Signed a media rights deal worth approximately £1.1 billion, predominantly with Sky television, to fund the Inspiring Generations strategy and support six key focus areas of cricket development. |
2019 | Plaid Cymru member Jonathan Edwards calls for Wales to separate from the England and Wales Cricket Board by 2020 and establish an independent national cricket team. |
2019 | England won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time, concluding the long-term strategy to deliver world championships in men's and women's games. |
December 2019 | The County Partnership Agreement is established to improve communication between the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and county cricket organizations. |
October 2019 | ECB launched plans to transform women's and girls' cricket. |
July 2019 | England won its first men's Cricket World Cup in a thrilling final against New Zealand at Lord's, with Jos Buttler as team captain. |
January 2019 | ECB launched its Inspiring Generations strategy for cricket across 2020–2024, aiming to inspire a generation to see cricket as a game for them. |
2018 | The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) launched the South Asian Action Plan (SAAP), an initiative aimed at increasing cricket engagement among people of South Asian ancestry in England and Wales. |
2017 | First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, calls for the reintroduction of the Welsh one-day cricket team, expressing surprise that Ireland and Scotland play in international tournaments while Wales does not. |
2017 | England won its fourth Women's World Cup. |
2017 | ECB signed a new media rights deal valued at £1.1 billion to cover the five years between 2020 and 2024, with £475 million guaranteed to fund the county network. |
2017 | The England women's cricket team became world champions for the fourth time. |
May 2017 | ECB launched an action plan for engaging South Asian audiences in England and Wales. |
April 2017 | ECB changed its Articles of Association to allow a new White-ball Cricket competition (later known as The Hundred) to be run from 2020, comprising 8 teams during school summer holidays. |
2015 | Welsh Parliament's petitions committee produces a report highlighting the ongoing debate about Wales having its own international cricket team. Bethan Jenkins, Plaid Cymru spokesperson, argues for Wales to withdraw from the ECB and establish an independent team. |
2013 | Welsh Parliament debates the establishment of an independent Welsh cricket team, with both Conservative and Labour members supporting the idea. |
2010 | Launched the Yorkshire Bank 40, a 40-over competition that ran until 2013 before being replaced by the Royal London One-Day Cup. |
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