Tom Abell praised England’s Headingley hero Jack Leach after the spinner was again involved in an important late partnership to this time get Somerset over the line in a tense Rothesay County Championship win at Hampshire.
Abell was named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after he hit the winning runs and reached his century to send Somerset 15 points clear at the top of Division
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Castore have today unveiled the new collection of England Cricket kits and training wear to be worn by all three England teams across 2026.
New ODI, IT20 and training kit will be worn by the England Women’s, England Men’s and England Men’s Mixed Disability teams in a huge summer that includes the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Both the IT20 and ODI k
Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol saw him named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.
McKinney hit a magnificent 244 from 272 balls in Durham’s first-innings score of 605-5 declared, setting the match up for the bowlers to take the 20 wickets need
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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
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 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
