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Cricket Beyond Covid | Connor, Gould and McCrum on the postponement of The Hundred
In part 2 of our cricket roundtable interview with Clare Connor, managing director of Women's cricket at the ECB, Jake Lush McCrum, chief operations officer for the Rajasthan Royals and Richard Gould,…
Surrey’s post-World Cup T20 sales fuel continuing ambivalence for The Hundred
Surrey County Cricket Club has seen a surge in ticket sales thanks to England’s victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup and a new family zone at the Kia Oval. Chief executive Richard Gould talks to Ben Cronin about the club's commercial successes and offers his take on the ECB Hundred.
ECB hopes Cricket World Cup momentum fuels enthusiasm for The Hundred
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup has demonstrated that there is a significant market for the ECB's new competition, The Hundred, according to its managing director, Sanjay Patel. He tells Adam Nelson how the ECB intends to capitalise on England's stunning World Cup victory and extend the sport's moment in the sun well beyond this summer.
ECB ‘close’ to adding Unilever as sponsor of The Hundred
The England and Wales Cricket board (ECB) is in talks with Unilever over a sponsorship deal for its short-format franchise league, The Hundred, according to reports
ECB flags ‘worst-case’ £380m Covid-19 loss, RFU braced for £107m autumn hit
Tom Harrison, chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has told the UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee that the body risks losing up to £380m (€436m/$470m) if t…
ECB delays launch of The Hundred to 2021
The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new limited-overs series, has been postponed until the summer of 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
ECB set to cancel County Championship and ‘considers Sky extension’
The England and Wales Cricket Board is set to cancel the 2020 County Championship season in response to the Covid-19 pandemic