2021 Men’s County Championship season to begin Thursday 8 April
Each First-Class County with play 14 matches across Group and Divisional Stages
Divisional Stage to begin on Bank Holiday Monday 30 August
Five-day Bob Willis Trophy final to start on Monday 27 September
Remainder of women’s and men’s domestic fixtures to be announced in early 2021
The Men’s County Championship will return next s
County Championship set to return next summer in a group-stage format First-Class Counties agree structure for next season only to help mitigate against possible COVID-19 impact Counties have been placed into three seeded Groups of six teams The top two teams in each Group progress to Division One. The Division One winner to be crowned County champions and awarded the Lord’s Taverners trophy Th
NatWest Cricket Awards to be held live on Saturday 3 October during Vitality Blast Finals Day
Awards will honour grassroots volunteers through to professional stars from the men’s and women’s games
Fans tuning in to watch the Vitality Blast Finals Day on 3 October will be treated to an exclusive broadcast of the NatWest Cricket Awards live on Sky Sports Cricket for the first time ever.
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Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel is streaming five-match England Women Vitality IT20 Series against West Indies, in addition to being shown on Sky Sports Cricket Third England Women Vitality IT20 also to be broadcast live on BBC Two Bob Willis Trophy final live stream to be available on Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel as well as the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer Bob Willis Trophy final t
Domestic season to conclude with Finals Day on Saturday 3 October
Lord’s set to stage five-day Bob Willis Trophy final from Wednesday 23 September
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final set for Saturday 26 September
Three domestic trophies to be decided in final week of season
The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed that this summer’s shortened domestic season will culminate with Vitali
The Bob Willis Trophy match between Lancashire and Nottinghamshire has been moved from Emirates Old Trafford to Trent Bridge.
Lancashire and Nottinghamshire agreed the move to safeguard and protect the bio-security of Emirates Old Trafford as a host for behind-closed-doors international cricket this summer.
Lancashire will remain as the home team for the match, which is due to begin on Satur
Reacting to the Government’s announcement that this weekend’s pilots for spectators to attend two Bob Willis Trophy matches will not go ahead, an ECB spokesperson said:
“We understand this is disappointing for supporters who have waited a long time to see their clubs in action and were looking forward to attending pilot events at the Kia Oval and Edgbaston this weekend.
“However, we understa
The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed that Somerset County Cricket Club’s points deduction for a breach of the ECB’s Pitch Regulations will be rolled on to the next County Championship season.
A Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel has ruled in favour of an ECB application to vary the sanctions in accordance with the provision of CDC Regulation 8.7.
In essence, this means th
First-Class Counties Lancashire and Leicestershire will play their opening match of the Bob Willis Trophy at Blackfinch New Road in Worcester.
Lancashire will be regarded as the home team for the fixture, which is scheduled to begin on Saturday 1 August.
Leicestershire met all protocols to safely stage the match at the Fischer County Ground, however with the city of Leicester in lockdown due
Details have been announced of the second phase of pilots at the Kia Oval and Edgbaston next weekend to test Government guidance for crowds returning to elite sport.
The first phase of the two pilots began yesterday with up to 1,000 spectators attending the Men’s county cricket friendly between Surrey and Middlesex at the Kia Oval, with social distancing measures in place. Edgbaston will also h
All 18 First-Class Counties will be in action when Bob Willis Trophy starts on 1 August
A five-day final will decide the Bob Willis Trophy champions
Women’s 50-over domestic tournament to be played this summer
Vitality Blast fixtures to be announced next month
Men’s red-ball trophy set to feature design of Bob Willis painted by his wife Lauren
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has c
Edgbaston will be the second county cricket ground to pilot the safe return of spectators and test Government guidance designed to enable the return of fans to elite sports events.
The Government announced on Friday that two county cricket friendly matches would be among a number of pilot events to test Government guidance for supporters returning to sporting venues. The friendly between Surrey
