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Notts take centre stage at BOCAs

Notts take centre stage at BOCAs

​Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club took home three accolades at the annual Business of Cricket Awards (BOCAs) which was staged at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday night.
The Trent Bridge-based club won The Warmest Welcome Award for the second successive year while also taking home The Inclusivity Award and Blast It Communications Campaign Award.
ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison was in at

Neil Snowball announced as new ECB Managing Director of County Cricket

Neil Snowball announced as new ECB Managing Director of County Cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Neil Snowball, CEO of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, is to become the new Managing Director of County Cricket.
The 53-year-old was the outstanding choice, from a high-quality list of candidates, following a search led by SRI, and will succeed Gordon Hollins in the role.
Appointed as Warwickshire CCC Chief Executive in 2016, Sno

​Mohammad Hafeez suspended from bowling in ECB competitions

Mohammad Hafeez has been suspended from bowling in ECB competitions following a Bowling Review Group (BRG) appeal hearing at Lord’s.
The off-spinner’s suspension follows the process set out in the ECB’s Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with a Suspected Illegal Bowling Action.
Hafeez’s bowling action was reported by umpires following the Vitality Blast match between Somerset and

Royal London to continue sponsorship of One Day cricket

Royal London to continue sponsorship of One Day cricket

Royal London has renewed its sponsorship deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a multi-year deal that extends the commitment Royal London has made to English cricket since 2014.
The partnership will see Royal London continuing to sponsor England Women’s and Men’s international one day cricket, in the re-named Royal London Series. The sponsorship of one day domestic cricket cont

Royal London to continue sponsorship of One Day cricket

Royal London to continue sponsorship of One Day cricket

Royal London has renewed its sponsorship deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a multi-year deal that extends the commitment Royal London has made to English cricket since 2014.
The partnership will see Royal London continuing to sponsor England Women’s and Men’s international one day cricket, in the re-named Royal London Series. The sponsorship of one day domestic cricket cont

Somerset penalised under ECB Discipline Code

Somerset penalised under ECB Discipline Code

A Cricket Discipline Committee Disciplinary Panel has found Somerset CCC guilty of a breach of the ECB Pitch Regulations following a Disciplinary Panel Hearing at Lord’s today.
The hearing was convened after the pitch used in Somerset’s Specsavers County Championship match against Essex at Taunton on 23rd-26th September 2019 was rated as ‘poor’ due to excessive unevenness of bounce.
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A packed crowd look on during the Vitality Blast match between Gloucestershire and Middlesex at College Ground, Cheltenham

​Record-setting summer for Vitality Blast

This weekend’s Vitality Blast Finals Day will provide a showpiece event in a domestic summer in which nearly 1.5 million fans will have attended county cricket.

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