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Increasing participation, club membership, club affiliation, coaching roles and volunteering roles, together with securing funding, promoting equity, and ensuring strong relationships with all counties - just some of the priorities for ECB's development team.
In 2008 ECB announced a £30million investment in facilities and in club cricket, the most significant injection of funding ever in cricket in England and Wales.
The whole of the ECB development team, at a national, regional and county level is committed to making a difference to the game at all levels and building strong partnerships within and outside the game.
From the classroom to the cricket field
It's like something out of a film - a new can-do teacher comes to an inner-city comprehensive ranked among the most deprived in the country.
1,000th Clubmark club announced
ECB has announced that Uppingham Town CC in Leicestershire is to be the 1,000th club to receive the coveted ECB Clubmark, five years after Elvaston CC became the first.
Family affair for Blackheath
Victorious father and son combo James and Richard Fleming were all smiles as they contemplated the tag of national champions.
Stars go Urban in Birmingham
A huge six from England cricket star Ian Bell today marked the official opening of the npower Urban Cricket facility in Highgate Park, Birmingham.
Third one-day international abandoned
England Blind were denied the opportunity to complete a series whitewash against West Indies when the final one-day international was washed out.
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