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  • England Cricket and Castore unveil kits for 2026

    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

  • Double-centurion McKinney receives Player of the Round accolade

    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

  • 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

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