England Deaf Cricket Team represents England and Wales in international Deaf cricket. The team, consisting of players who are Deaf or hearing impaired, is one of the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) four disability teams. Participating in international cricket since 1992, the England Deaf cricket team have been perennial runners-up, achieving this in the 1995/6 and 2005 editions of the Deaf world cups along with the 2011 DICC champions trophy. Nevertheless, they are current holders of the Deaf Ashes.
Internationally, Deaf Cricketers must have a minimum hearing loss of 55dB in both ears. On the playing field, players play without their hearing aids/cochlear implants. The England Deaf cricket team has a mixture of BSL users, Sign Supported English users and Spoken English.
The current head coach is Jason Weaver.[1] He is assisted by former captain, Paul Allen.