Female cricketers face £2.5m pay gap in 2024
Female cricketers in England and Wales face a widening pay gap of £2.5m in 2024, according to new figures from the Professional Cricketers’ Association....
Women’s cricket pathways lack clarity at grassroots level
Women’s cricket faces a patchwork of local schemes with no unified route to the national team, leaving many young players in the dark about...
Female cricket programmes in England still lag behind men’s
Funding for female-focused cricket programmes in England has fallen behind men’s since 2020, with only 27% of grassroots clubs offering dedicated women’s training sessions....
Cricket clubs lose women players amid poor facilities
Cricket clubs across the UK are losing female players at an alarming rate due to inadequate facilities, with 42% of women citing poor changing...
Youth cricket sees spike in overuse injuries, warns ECB
The England and Wales Cricket Board has issued a warning over a 30% rise in overuse injuries among cricketers aged 10 to 18, with...
Cricket Australia warns junior players face burnout
Cricket Australia has raised concerns over the alarming rise in burnout among junior cricketers, warning that excessive match loads are putting players as young...
Net sessions lack focus, leaving users wasting time and energy
A study by digital wellbeing platform RescueTime has found that over 60% of remote workers admit to spending time in unfocused "net sessions," where...
Coaches admit cricket training sessions lack structure
Cricket coaches have admitted that up to 70% of training sessions lack structured planning, according to a survey of 200 coaches by the England...
Amateur cricket players lack injury prevention education
Amateur cricket players in England and Wales are playing without proper injury prevention education, according to a 2023 study by the England and Wales...
Cricket players rush warm-ups before play, study finds
A study by Loughborough University has found that professional cricketers frequently rush or skip warm-ups before play, with over 40% of bowlers cutting short...
Grassroots cricket struggles as pitches turn unplayable
Grassroots cricket faces an existential threat as unplayable pitches force cancellations across England and Wales. In the last six weeks alone, 43% of scheduled...
Swing bowling exposes England’s batters again
England’s top-order batters collapsed again under the swinging ball on a damp Headingley pitch, as Sri Lanka’s bowlers exposed familiar frailties in English conditions....
Rain ruins plans: Cricket cancellations climb as weather bites
The relentless British weather has derailed another round of county cricket fixtures, with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirming 12 matches called...
England’s spin bowlers lag behind as coaching gap widens
England’s spin bowling ranks are slipping behind global rivals as a widening coaching gap leaves homegrown spinners struggling to keep pace. Analysis of county...
Spin bowlers battle UK wickets, study shows
Spin bowlers in England face a steep learning curve, with a new study revealing how domestic pitches are reshaping their development. Research published by...
Bowlers face burnout as workloads spiral out of control
England’s fast bowlers are facing an alarming burnout crisis as their workloads hit record highs, with the ECB’s own data showing a 37% rise...
Fast bowlers break down early due to poor workload management in amateur cricket
A study by Cricket Australia found that 68% of fast bowlers in amateur leagues suffer injuries by the age of 25 due to overuse...
Cold early season spikes injury risk
Emergency departments are bracing for a 15% spike in cold-related injuries as unseasonably icy conditions grip the UK in early October, data from NHS...
Cricket players face hamstring injuries due to sudden sprints, study finds
A landmark study has found that hamstring injuries plague cricket players at an alarming rate—up to 28% of fast bowlers and 15% of fielders...
England cricket bowled over by rain as fifth Test hangs in the balance
England’s fifth Test against India was thrown into chaos on the fifth afternoon at The Oval after relentless rain turned a thriving run-chase into...
Pitches spark fury as England’s Test hopes hit inconsistent wicket roulette
England’s Test cricket hopes faced fresh uncertainty after another string of inconsistent pitches left captains fuming and bowlers baffled. In the first two Tests...
Poor pitch prep harms young footballers’ development, study shows
Poor pitch preparation is stunting the development of young footballers, according to a new study by the University of Birmingham. Researchers found that uneven...
Ground clashes force clubs to juggle training and matches
After weeks of escalating clashes between rival fans on shared training grounds, clubs in the Championship and League One are scrambling to protect upcoming...
Clubs hit as cricket pitches remain scarce nationwide
Cricket clubs across England and Wales are facing severe disruption after a survey revealed nearly 40% of pitches remain unavailable, forcing hundreds of fixtures...
Cricket struggles to take root in concrete jungles
Cricket’s grassroots growth in the UK’s urban concrete jungles is wilting before it takes root. Last year, just 12% of London’s cricket clubs had...
Cricket pitches uneven across UK, data reveals
A damning data analysis has exposed stark inequalities in the quality of cricket pitches across the UK, with nearly one in three facilities failing...
Parents report children skipping school due to academic stress
Parents across England have reported a sharp rise in children skipping school due to crippling academic stress, with attendance figures plummeting in secondary schools...
Top coaches quit as school sport talent drain deepens
Top coaches are walking out in droves from state secondary schools, leaving talent pipelines in football, rugby and athletics dangerously understaffed just weeks before...
Cricket clubs lose players to exams, study finds
A study by the England and Wales Cricket Board has found that 42% of junior club players aged 14–18 drop out during exam years,...
Teen cricketers struggle as school-to-club transition bites
Teen cricketers face a growing crisis as they struggle to transition from school teams to competitive club cricket, with 62% of 16-to-18-year-olds failing to...
Cricket participation plummets after school age
A new report from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reveals cricket participation among adults has plummeted by 40% since leaving school, with...
Ground fees surge as businesses face rising facility costs
Businesses across the UK are grappling with a sharp rise in ground and facility fees, with costs surging by up to 40% in some...
Rising costs force cricket clubs to rethink game plan
Rising energy bills and soaring wages have pushed England’s grassroots cricket clubs to the brink, with 68% reporting a spike in operational costs of...
Volunteers burn out as grassroots cricket collapses
Grassroots cricket faces collapse as volunteer burnout reaches crisis levels, with 40% of local clubs reporting they have lost key organisers in the past...
Cricket clubs battle to fill volunteer roles
Cricket clubs across England and Wales face a growing crisis in recruiting volunteers, with nearly 40% of roles left unfilled ahead of the 2024...
Cricket loses young athletes to football’s faster appeal
Cricket is haemorrhaging young talent to football, with participation figures showing a sharp decline among 10–18-year-olds. According to England and Wales Cricket Board data,...
Young cricketers quit game by 18, study finds
A study by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has found that nearly 70% of young cricketers quit the game by the age...
England’s grassroots clubs lose 150,000 cricket players in five years
England’s grassroots cricket clubs have lost 150,000 players in five years, according to figures from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Participation in...
Grassroots clubs lose players each season as costs rise
Grassroots cricket clubs across England are haemorrhaging players each season as rising costs outpace stagnant incomes, with nearly a fifth of affiliated clubs losing...
Lacrosse lags behind in field sport growth
Lacrosse has failed to capitalise on the boom in field sports, with participation numbers flatlining at around 825,000 in the US—compared to nearly 5...