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  • ICC announces record prize money pot as ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Trophy Tour gets underway

    Overall prize pot of $8,764,615 increases by 10% from the 2024 edition Winners take home $2,340,000 and runners-up $ 1,170,000; assured prize money of $247,500 for all 12 participating teams Trophy Tour with DP World launches with projection onto the iconic Lord’s Pavilion; Trophy to embark on a trip around key European cities and finishes with tours in host cities Catch the spirit of the IC

  • ECB appoints Catherine Beloff as General Counsel

    Catherine Beloff will join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as the organisation’s new General Counsel in September.
    As General Counsel, Catherine will sit on the ECB Executive Leadership Group and her responsibilities will include providing expert guidance on all legal matters which affect the ECB including commercial areas, regulations, governance and litigation.
    Catherine joins th

  • Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition - county-by-county preview

    The Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition begins on Saturday 11 April. The ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay has provided the county-by-county previews for Tier 1 of the competition.
    DURHAM
    Previewed by Graham Hardcastle, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
    Captain: Hollie Armitage
    Head coach: Dani Hazell
    2025 finish: 6th
    2025 highest run-scorer: Hollie

  • Tom Smith joins England Women coaching staff ahead of 2026 summer

    Tom Smith has joined the England Women’s coaching staff as an assistant coach with a focus on spin bowling.
    The former left-arm spinner took nearly 400 wickets across all formats during his professional playing career for Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex and Gloucestershire. It was at Gloucestershire where his coaching career began in 2021 when he fulfilled a dual player/coach role before stepping int

  • Rothesay Domestic Cricket Journalism Award winners announced

    The 15th Rothesay Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards were presented at a ceremony at Lord’s on Tuesday.
    With the support of new naming sponsor Rothesay, the UK’s largest pensions insurance specialist and Official Title Partner of Men’s and Women’s Test Matches, Official Partner of England Cricket and title sponsor of the Rothesay County Championship, the awards attracted a record-breaking numbe

  • Twelve players on shortlist for T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality

    The ECB has today launched the T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality to celebrate the icons of domestic T20 cricket in England and Wales.
    The T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality will recognise the men and women whose performances and impact in ECB domestic T20 cricket competitions have been exceptional both on and off the field.
    As part of the launch, six men and six women, have today be

  • Rothesay County Championship county-by-county previews

    The ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay has provided the annual county-by-county season preview ahead of the start of the Rothesay County Championship on Friday 3 April.
    ROTHESAY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE
    ESSEX
    Previewed by Martin Smith, ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
    Captain: Tom Westley
    Director of cricket:Chris Silverwood
    2025 finish: 6th
    2025

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