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Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup legacy plan unveiled ahead of inaugural competition

Inter player differences in maturation can be at least 5 years (Figure 1) whereas Relative Age Effects (RAE) are only up to 1 year (1). In development environments the magnitude of the effect of these...

The ECB have produced an excellent EDI online training module for recreational cricket. This is, in part, a response to recent findings of racism in cricket as discussed by the DCMS committee for exam...

🟣 The Great Divide comes into focus 🟢 Durham, Hants, Yorks sign overseas 🟠 Pre-season probs 🔴 Has Ravi reached the end? 🔵 Bransgrove predicts counties may go under 🟡 ECB's comms plans backfire

I don’t think it would be unfair to suggest that ECB Coach Development (the group within the England & Wales Cricket Board with responsibility for developing coaches, at all levels of the…

This month’s annual National Conference for Heads of Cricket in Schools probably won’t be reported on the ECB website. This despite it being addressed by CEO RIchard Gould, as well as a number of othe...

The ECB plan to launch a new nationwide softball cricket competition in state secondary schools later this year

This is an excellent piece by Gary Mason and Simon Aldis from The Cricket Files. It mirrors my own views and what I published in The Cricketer in April 2025. It was so obvious that whilst the back sl...

While this is incredibly welcome, it’s also long overdue. After reading the full project description some interesting points come out: It’s not specific that both girls and boys Academies will be inv...

Written by Gary Mason and Simon Aldis

Six years ago, in January 2020, I provided the following constructive feedback to a Professional County, Somerset CCC, on how their development environment could improve, after I had experienced it fo...

YouTube video by David Epstein

I have very much enjoyed reading Dynamic Coaching — A Playbook for Cricket Coaches by Ian Renshaw assisted by Stephen Rollnick. Ian Renshaw’s presentations to the ECB Coaches Association Conference in 2017 were one of my earliest practical introductions to the constraints-led approach, and provided a justification of my own preference for games-based learning. I have been waiting for this book since then!

Two decades after crashing out of Division One, Glamorgan have finally returned to county cricket’s top table. I investigate the club’s revival and the distinct culture that has underpinned it

YouTube video by CRICKETher

Today’s England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) State of Equity Report 2025 shows fewer state school girls in County Age Groups than last year and a lower percentage in Emerging Player Programmes for both...

The report provides an update on progress happening across cricket to make it more accessible and inclusive.

The Machine in the Gym

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide Prominent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as “unconscionable” actions amounting to genocide in Gaza. 460 signatories, including former Israeli officials, Oscar winners, authors and intellectuals have signed an open letter demanding accountability over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The letter’s release comes as EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday amid reports they plan to shelve proposals for sanctions over human rights violations. Continue reading...