New model for 2025 season will feature eight ‘Tier 1’ sidesECB inviting bids from first-class counties to run a team
Women’s domestic cricket is to undergo a huge shake-up under new plans from the England and Wales Cricket Board in which ownership of teams would be transferred back to the first-class counties.
Currently there are eight independent regional teams, owned and funded centrally by the ECB. Under the new model – which will come in for the 2025 season – the counties will take direct responsibility for overseeing and growing women’s teams.