9-Year Old Star SHINES As Women's & Girls' Cricket In England Enjoys RECORD-BREAKING start to 2026!

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Ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England this summer, 9 year-old Edie takes her around her club, Oakamoor CC in Staffordshire, championing championing the heroes behind every cricketer.

Women’s and girls’ cricket reached new heights in 2025 with over 1,000 new teams playing the sport - and this year already looks set to be even bigger, with more fixtures already played and scheduled than at the same point last year.

With England Women about to begin a World Cup campaign on home soil the ECB is aiming to get a record 500,000 women and girls playing cricket this year, alongside recruiting 500 new volunteers as Young Champions of Change and supporting 300 female leaders in the sport.

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales comes at a time where recreational cricket is providing a strong platform from which to grow the game, thanks to continued investment from the ECB and its partners.

- There are more than 6,000 women’s and girls’ teams – over 1,000 more than the end of 2024
- There were 43,454 men’s, women’s and junior teams in 2025, (up 19% since 2022) who played 216,000 fixtures (up 19% since 2022).
- 2025 was a record year for the ECB’s National Youth Programmes
- Across All Stars and Dynamos, there were over 106,000 participants, of which 32,000 were girls.
- Around two in three Dynamos tell us they intend to keep playing after taking part in the programme.
- This year, 39,500 volunteers delivered a record-breaking Get Set Weekend, powered by Toyota, as they got over 1,800 clubs across England and Wales ready for the season.

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup begins on 12 June with England taking on West Indies at Edgbaston, with 12 teams all hoping to make the final on Sunday 5 July at Lord’s. You can secure your ticket and be a part of the movement by visiting tickets.womens.t20worldcup.com/.

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