Posting Date Archive - 27/06/2023

Precociousness of James Rew sets up Somerset for Notts trouncing

SAM DALLING AT TAUNTON: Rew's unbeaten century at Taunton was his fourth of the summer. It was the fifth his fledgling career. He is still only 19...

27/06/2023 | Sam Dalling | Somerset Men | Nottinghamshire Men | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

Simon Harmer spins Essex to big win

The South African off-spinner had played a key part in dismissing Warwickshire for 158 in the first innings with his 32nd five-wicket haul for the county, and he added No.33 second time around

27/06/2023 | ECB Reporters Network | Warwickshire Men | News | Essex Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

Twelve-wicket Liam Dawson produces perfect performance to thrash Middlesex

Dawson had scored 141 in Hampshire's only innings – as they hammered Middlesex by an innings and 61 runs inside three days – before taking 6 for 40 and 6 for 90 in an extraordinary outing

27/06/2023 | ECB Reporters Network | News | Middlesex Men | Hampshire Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

ECB requests £500,000 fine and points deductions for Yorkshire

At a hearing in London on Tuesday, lawyers representing the governing body called for the club to be hit with substantial punitive measures but stressed that the ECB is not looking to put the county out of business

27/06/2023 | Sam Morshead | Yorkshire Men | News | Racism Crisis | County Cricket |

Ben Stokes calls on cricket to "learn from mistakes" and become a "sport for everyone"

Speaking in response to the long-awaited ICEC report, Stokes acknowledged the game has a long way to go but hopes his own success as a cricketer who came through the state school system can be a source of inspiration

27/06/2023 | Elizabeth Botcherby | News | England | Editors Choice | ECB | Racism Crisis |

Azeem Rafiq: We'll look back with a lot of regret if cricket fails to act on ICEC recommendations

Speaking to The Cricketer Podcast, Rafiq said he "wasn't shocked" by the findings but hopes that as well as providing "closure and vindication" for many, the report will allow cricket to set an example of inclusivity and diversity for wider society

27/06/2023 | Elizabeth Botcherby | News | ECB | Racism Crisis |

The Cricketer Podcast - Series 1, Episode 4: Reflections on the ICEC report and Ashes 2nd Test preview

LISTEN: In episode four of The Cricketer Podcast, George Dobell and Jonathan Trott discuss the release of the damning ICEC report into discrimination in cricket, and Azeem Rafiq joins the show

27/06/2023 | The Cricketer | Podcasts | News | ECB | The Ashes |

Josh Tongue called into England XI as Moeen Ali drops out for Lord's Test against Australia

The Worcestershire seamer only made his international debut against Ireland earlier this month, but he will be thrown into the depths of the historic rivalry as the replacement for Moeen

27/06/2023 | Sam Morshead | News | England | Editors Choice | The Ashes |

Schedule confirmed for 2023 World Cup, England face New Zealand in tournament opener

The 48-match tournament will run from October 5-November 19, with hosts India beginning their campaign against Australia on October 8

27/06/2023 | Elizabeth Botcherby | South Africa | Pakistan | New Zealand | News | International | India | England | Bangladesh | Australia | Afghanistan |

This report can be a turning point if everyone recognises its home truths

GEORGE DOBELL: Azeem Rafiq has done the game a service in forcing us to have these uncomfortable conversations. At this stage, anyone who denies the problem is the problem

27/06/2023 | George Dobell | Opinion | News | George Dobell | ECB | Racism Crisis |

ECB chair makes apology to "anyone who has been excluded from cricket or made to feel they don't belong"

In a letter to ICEC commissioner Cindy Butts, Thompson said the report "makes for deeply uncomfortable reading for all who love cricket" and said the sport should not "exclude anyone on the basis of their ethnicity, gender or social background"

27/06/2023 | Elizabeth Botcherby | News | Editors Choice | ECB |

ICEC's 44 recommendations on cricket's EDI problems: A summary

The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket has released its long-awaited report into discrimination within the game in England and Wales. Within it, the ICEC panel make 44 recommendations for the sport in this country

27/06/2023 | The Cricketer | News | Editors Choice | ECB |

"Cricket is not a game for everyone": Entrenched racism must be dealt with, says ICEC report

GEORGE DOBELL: While the report - which took evidence from more than 4,000 people - expresses some confidence in the ECB's new leadership, it provides a crushing indictment of the current situation and previous management of the game

27/06/2023 | George Dobell | News | George Dobell | ECB | Racism Crisis |

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