Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Neil Snowball

ECB: Vitality Blast Off gets bigger in 2024

Photo Credit: ECB The 2024 Vitality Blast will start with a series of double headers with the Charlotte Edwards Cup, starting on Thursday 30 May. Vitality Blast Off will return bigger and better next summer with a four-day festival of men’s...

ECB: Hashim wins Young Cricket Journalist of the Year award as Liverpool Echo claim double

Photo Credit: ECB Taha Hashim has won the coveted Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Cricket Journalist of the Year following the announcement of the 2022 ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards. The awards, which are judged by a panel of cricket journalists and broadcasters...

ECB: Roller wins prestigious young journalist award

Photo Credit: England & Wales Cricket Board ESPN Cricinfo’s Matt Roller has been judged as the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Journalist of the Year. Roller, who was highly commended for the award last year, was the unanimous choice of the judging panel...

ECB appoint five umpires to new Professional Umpires’ Team

Photo Credit: England & Wales Cricket Board Five umpires have been added to the newly-established Professional Umpires’ Team who will officiate in men’s and women’s matches across England and Wales. Naeem Ashraf, Anthony Harris, Sue Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam and Jack Shantry...

David Graveney, Professional Cricketers’ Trust President announcing Vitality Blast Finals Day will support the Trust for a second year in a row

Photo Credit: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club “For the second year in a row, we would like to thank our colleagues at the ECB and Sky Sports for agreeing to support the Trust this Finals Day. We are a small charity...

PCA: Vitality Blast Finals Day to support Trust once again

Photo Credit: Professional Cricketers' Association Players’ charity returns to take centre stage on biggest day of 2021 domestic calendar. Vitality Blast Finals Day will officially support the Professional Cricketers’ Trust for a second year in succession when the showpiece event of...

ECB expands Match Referee Panel

Photo Credit: England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made five new appointments to its Match Referee Panel. Former England internationals Devon Malcolm and Dean Headley join Will Smith, Alec Swann and Simon Hinks on...

Alison Mitchell, Chair, Cricket Writers’ Club announcing the 2020 Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards with the ECB

Photo credit: LinkedIn profile photo of Alison Mitchell “In unprecedented times the entries demonstrated the value of the written word in connecting with supporters, as regional newspapers, online outlets and magazines showed tremendous ingenuity in the absence of any actual...

ECB: 2020 Domestic Cricket Journalism Award winners announced

Photo Credit: England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the 2020 Domestic Cricket Journalism Award winners with The Cricketer securing two honours. The Cricketer won the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket award for...

Neil Snowball, ECB Managing Director of County Cricket on ECB confirming Vitality Blast and Royal London Cup fixtures

Twitter Profile Photo of @snowball_neil “The stage is set for an exciting and important summer of domestic cricket for the First-Class Counties and the women’s regional teams.I know how much county members and supporters eagerly anticipate the release of fixtures...

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Adelaide Strikers: Wes Agar traded to Sydney Thunder

Photo Credit: Adelaide Strikers After eight seasons in blue the Adelaide Strikers are farewelling Wes Agar, with the fast bowler...