Prize-money for the winners of the LV County Championship will be increased fivefold to £500,000 next season in an attempt by the ECB to sustain the primacy of first-class cricket ahead of Twenty20. The injection can only add to the intensity of a competition that is the breeding ground for England Test players.
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Kevin Pietersen has been swiftly appointed as Michael Vaughan’s successor as Test captain, while also taking the one-day leadership after Paul Collingwood handed in his notice yesterday following Vaughan’s departure.
Pietersen said:
I am very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England. It’s a huge honour for me and a terrific [...]
The BCCI has rejected an offer from the ECB to join England’s version of the Champions League to be held in Sharjah this October. David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, invited the Indian board to join the ECB’s tournament. However, the BCCI replied on Monday saying that, though it “wished the ECB all [...]
The much-anticipated English Premier League will get underway in 2010, with two divisions made up of ten teams, after the ECB unveiled a radical shake-up of the domestic game following its board meeting at Lord’s. In a unanimous decision, the format that has been agreed upon will involve all 18 first-class counties, plus two overseas [...]