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 number of entries across seven categories that reflect the wide-ranging media that expertly cover the domestic game.

The awards, which are presented in consultation with the Cricket Media Club, are judged by a media panel from across the world and are highlighted by the Christopher Martin-Jenkins awards for Young Journalist of the Year and for Broadcaster of the Year.

Cameron Ponsonby won the coveted Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Journalist of the Year with the judges saying his “submission set a high bar in a competitive field, showing an impressive feel for the issues affecting the game and fresh, insightful reporting”.

It is the third successive year that a graduate of the ECB's The Hundred Rising Reporter programme has won the CMJ Young Journalist of the Year.

Aaron Viles was named the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Broadcaster of the Year for his work on Bears TV. (Awaiting judge feedback)

The Final Word was named the Podcast of the Year with last year’s winner, Wisden Cricket Weekly, highly commended alongside the four-part podcast 150 Not Out: Somerset County Cricket Club.

The judging panel said: “In a hugely competitive category the judges were impressed by the breadth and depth of the entries. The winner showed a long-standing and well-respected commitment to the English game as well as an intimate knowledge of the domestic cricket landscape that it was keen to share with the listener.”

BBC Sport Online won the Outstanding Online Coverage award for the first time since 2017 and ended The Cricketer Online’s seven-year hold on the award. The Cricketer Online was highly commended.

The Yorkshire Post was named Regional Newspaper of the Year for the first time since 2019 with the judges highlighting the “warm, poignant and personal tribute to Dickie Bird, which was complemented by a stylishly impactful, monochrome full front-page poster.”

Cricket District reinforced its status as the pre-eminent content creators by winning the Content Creator of the Year for the second time since the award’s introduction.

Derbyshire CCC photographer David Griffin won Photo of the Year for his photo entitled ‘Groundstaff from Above’ which was taken with a drone before a Rothesay County Championship match at The County Ground in Derby. Last year’s winner Nathan Stirk was highly commended for his picture of Harry Brook falling to the ground as he executed a scoop shot for the Northern Superchargers during The Men’s Hundred.

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