Kent have moved to secure their leadership ahead of next season by confirming Rob Key as skipper and extending head coach Jimmy Adams’ contract. Key will lead his home county for a ninth campaign after being described as a “true club captain” by Kent chairman Graham Johnson and the “stand-out” candidate to lead a promising …
By Will Jackson Durham all-rounder Scott Borthwick perhaps encapsulates what has been a real Jekyll and Hyde season in the north-east this year. After the high of championship glory in 2013 and the rise to prominence of Borthwick and his good friend Ben Stokes, it was back to earth with a bang at the start …
Yorkshire’s players and staff have visited Buckingham Palace to formally receive the LV= County Championship trophy and medals from His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. They were accompanied by Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup champions Kent on Thursday for the traditional post-season recognition of the men’s and women’s county championship winners (the Royal London …
Daryl Mitchell has capped a brilliant season by signing a new four-year contract with Worcestershire, whom he led to LV= County Championship promotion and scored 1,334 runs in the process. The 30-year-old still had two years to run on his existing deal but has now committed himself to the county until the end of the …
Leicestershire have confirmed that a re-modelled coaching structure at Grace Road will not include the role of director of cricket, currently held by Phil Whitticase. Whitticase has, however, not left the club with discussions still being held over his future. Leicestershire conducted a review of their structure in the wake of another disappointing season when …