The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England Women will play their counterparts from Ireland and Pakistan in three additional Twenty20 Internationals in June and September.
They will play Ireland on 23rd June at Loughborough as part of their preparations for the series against India Women and take on Pakistan on 4th and 5th September ahead of the Twenty20 series against the West Indies.
Openers Joe Root and Michael Carberry scored 197 runs together as the England Lions romped to a ten-wicket victory over the touring West Indians at Northampton.
After the West Indians were bowled out for 390 in their second innings, Root made 115 not out and Carberry an unbeaten 72 as the Lions chased down the runs in 48.5 overs.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have confirmed that a disciplinary hearing into alleged corruption by Mervyn Westfield and Danish Kaneria has been adjourned.
The hearing will now be held on 18th June following a request from Kaneria's lawyers.
Only up at Chester-le-Street was anything like a full day's play possible as the opening day of matches in the sixth round of the LV= County Championship attempted to get underway amidst the rain today. Those in the far south and west were worst affected, with Hampshire's match against Derbyshire; Lancashire's at Sussex; and Gloucestershire's against Yorkshire all abandoned with no play possible.
In-form Warwickshire batsman has replaced Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes in the England Lions squad to play the touring West Indians in Northampton.
Ahead of the four-day game which begins on 10th May, Stokes has been ruled out with a back injury.
MCC President, Phillip Hodson, today said that the Club’s Ground Working Party would be given a free hand to develop a new masterplan for Lord’s Cricket Ground.
At this afternoon’s 225th AGM, the President decided that, in light of the strength of the feeling surrounding the issue, it was not necessary to put a resolution not to permit any residential development on the Club’s leasehold land to Members.
Mike Griffith, the former Sussex captain, will serve as the next President of Marylebone Cricket Club. He will take up office on 1st October 2012.
England's Jenny Gunn has had her bowling action cleared by the International Cricket Council following independent analysis and is free to continue bowling in international cricket.
She was reported following the first One-Day International in New Zealand on 1st March but independent testing has confirmed that she has a legal action.
Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor will reprise his role as England Lions captain when they meet the touring West Indies in a four-day game at Northampton.
Taylor led the Lions side against the touring Sri Lanka A team in 2011 and in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates this winter.
Some of Britain's most successful female business and sports women are joining forces today (25 April) to help empower girls through cricket.
Tesco Executive Director, Lucy Neville-Rolfe and England Women's captain Charlotte Edwards are part of a newly formed Girls' Cricket Board, organised by the Chance to Shine cricket charity.
Andy Flower, England's Director of Cricket, has successfully completed this year's Virgin London Marathon to raise money for three great causes, Lord's Taverners, Hope For Children and patient support group Factor 50.
Factor 50 provides patient support to melanoma patients and campaigns for greater awareness of the dangers of malignant melanoma, the skin cancer that kills over 2,000 people a year in the UK.
The first round of the renamed Kingfisher Beer Cup kicks off on the 29th April, the grass roots cricket equivalent of the FA Cup.
Kingfisher has recently signed a three-year partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to sponsor the National Championship, renamed the Kingfisher Beer Cup.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board has approved plans to increase the number of participants in the ICC World Twenty20 to 16 from 2014.
Following the first executive board meeting since the Woolf report recommended major changes to its corporate governance, some changes will be implemented.
Hosepipe bans may be something we're accustomed to in summer, but news that seven water companies in the South and East of the country are planning to enforce bans from 5th April - in the critical run-up to the cricket season - is giving clubs a real headache.
England fast bowler and Twenty20 International captain Stuart Broad has suffered a further injury setback and is set to be ruled out of all cricket for an additional three weeks.
The gloomy prognosis means a potential Indian Premier League debut for the Kings XI Punjab has again been delayed.
It was the manner in which Pietersen made his runs as much as anything that saw him take the award. In an England first innings where no other batsman struck above 52 runs per hundred balls, Pietersen’s strike rate of over 91 showed he was back to his best, as did the controversy over the switch hit when he was nearing his century.
England maintained their number one Test ranking by beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets on the final day of the second and final Test in Colombo to tie the series 1-1.
Graeme Swann became the first Englishman to take ten wickets in a match in Sri Lanka as England bowled their hosts out for 278 and then reached 97 for two to win.
Former Pakistan international Danish Kaneria and jailed former Essex fast bowler Mervyn Westfield have both been charged with corruption by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Gerard Elias, Chairman of the ECB's Cricket Discipline Committee will chair a hearing, relating to the charges which led to Westfield being jailed for four months in February.
England's Ebony Rainford-Brent has announced her retirement from international cricket having played 22 One-Day Internationals and seven Twenty20 Internationals.
Her career was twice interrupted and severely threatened by back injuries, which limited the 28-year-old to a relative handful of appearances at the top level.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed which venues will host matches in the 2012/13 season when New Zealand, England and Australia visit.
New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals in August and September, England tour for four Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals between November 2012 and January 2013 before Australia play four Tests in February and March.
