England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
EXCLUSIVE: Rothesay ECB deal includes County Championship title rights
Pensions insurance specialist Rothesay will take over cricket’s County Championship title sponsorship rights from 2025, SportBusiness can reveal.
ECB looks to insurance sector again with Rothesay
The England and Wales Cricket Board continues to leverage the insurance sector for its Test match title sponsor position after a new deal with Rothesay.
James launches Bazballers Consulting after departing ECB
Commercial rights executive Russell James has set up a new consultancy after recently vacating the sales and marketing director position at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
Brown swaps ECB for Blast as commercial director
Blast, the international esports tournament organiser, has appointed former England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) commercial executive James Brown as its new commercial director
ECB selects counties for new era of women’s cricket
Middlesex amongst the notable absentees amid an effort to evolve the women’s professional game
Vitality widens ECB sponsorship to take on vacant naming rights position
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that health and life insurance brand Vitality has renewed its sponsorship agreement for three more years.
ECB secures more grassroots funding in sleeve sponsorship renewal with IG
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a three-year renewal of its sponsorship agreement with trading and investment firm IG.
Nine and Foxtel renew ECB rights to 2031
Nine Entertainment and Foxtel have renewed their England and Wales Cricket Board media rights in Australia from 2024 to 2031, SportBusiness understands
Two down, one to go as ECB lands Metro Bank as One Day sponsor
The UK's Metro Bank, which only became a sponsor of the England & Wales Cricket Board six weeks ago, has already stepped up its involvement with the national governing body, becoming the 'Official Title…
Compare the Market fills The Hundred’s principal sponsor position
Compare the Market, the price comparison platform, was today (Tuesday) unveiled as the new principal sponsor of The Hundred, English cricket's nascent short-format competition
Sky Ashes audience breaks UK pay-TV record
The gripping first match of the 2023 Men’s Ashes series was the most-watched home Test in the UK since Sky took England’s home fixtures behind its paywall in 2006.
BBC retains ECB live audio rights to 2028
The BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, has renewed its long-running live audio rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) until 2028
ECB signs up Chaiiwala to sponsor The Hundred
The ECB has added Indian street food restaurant chain Chaiiwala to The Hundred’s sponsorship portfolio.
ECB hails ‘landmark’ sponsorship of women’s game with Metro Bank
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today (Wednesday) unveiled the UK's Metro Bank as the inaugural champion partner of women's and girls' cricket
ECB secures Laithwaites Wine sponsorship
The England and Wales Cricket Board has signed up Laithwaites Wine as its latest sponsor in a multi-year agreement which makes the brand the official wine partner of England Cricket
ECB chair denies The Hundred is under threat
The Hundred has a “long and successful future” ahead, the chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has insisted, despite reports suggesting the controversial competition could be scrapped.
Patel to depart ECB amid questions over The Hundred
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Sanjay Patel, managing director of The Hundred, will leave the governing body following the conclusion of this year’s competition.
Global franchise leagues ‘major risk’ to ECB and The Hundred
The growth of franchise cricket leagues around the world poses a “major risk” to the sport in England, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the sport’s domestic governing body, has conceded.
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