Tag: cricket
Edgbaston awarded leading fixtures in ICC Champions Trophy 2017
Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium has today been allocated five of the biggest fixtures in one of cricket’s most prestigious global tournaments, the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
Bears launch T20 community programme with Birmingham City Council
With just 10 days to go until the start of the NatWest T20 Blast, Warwickshire County Cricket Club has revealed a new Birmingham Bears T20 community programme with Birmingham City Council.
Media watch - Nov 29
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: 60,000 fined! (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham city centre's ten new bus lane enforcement cameras snared almost 60,000 drivers in the first 11 weeks of the controversial scheme Plain packaging for cigarettes (BBC WM, Free Radio) Cllr Bedser urged the government to act now, rather than have further reviews £400m Snow Hill […]
ECB grant boost for Holford Drive sports hub
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in partnership with Sport England is pleased to announce a grant award to Birmingham City Council for the development of cricket facilities at the Holford Drive Playing Fields. The investment supports Sport England's and the ECB's national strategy 2009 - 2013 which aims to grow the number of […]