The Cricketer named best place for online coverage of English domestic cricket for fifth straight year

TheCricketer.com and its associated social media channels have won the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket Award at the ECB Domestic Journalism Awards every year since 2019

The Cricketer has been named the best place for online domestic cricket coverage yet again.

TheCricketer.com and its associated social media channels have won the Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket Award at the ECB Domestic Journalism Awards for the fifth year in a row. 

Our platforms saw off competition from a host of outlets to land the prize, which was judged by leaders in cricket journalism and industry peers.

The award extends The Cricketer's winning streak, which began in 2019 and recognises the breadth and depth of coverage across the men's county game, the women's regional structure, The Hundred, and club cricket. 

Digital editor Sam Morshead said: "One of our main aims at The Cricketer is to provide year-round, quality coverage of English cricket - from bottom to top - and it is always a thrill to see the team's effort and imagination rewarded in this way.

"I'm particularly proud of the variety of output generated by a small desk, the stories we have broken and themes we have addressed over the past 12 months.

ECB DOMESTIC JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS

Christopher Martin-Jenkins Young Cricket Journalist of the Year

Winner: Taha Hashim (Wisden Cricket Monthly)

Highly commended: Victoria Polley (BBC Essex), Cameron Ponsonby (Freelancer) 

Christopher Martin-Jenkins Broadcaster of the Year

Winner: Ed Seabourne (BBC Radio Bristol)

Highly commended: Richard Rae (BBC Radio Leicestershire) and Adrian Harms (BBC Radio Sussex)

Regional Newspaper of the Year

Winner: Liverpool Echo

Highly commended: Somerset County Gazette

Outstanding Online Coverage of Domestic Cricket

Winner: The Cricketer Online

Highly commended: 4 The Love Of Sport

Outstanding Newspaper Coverage of Domestic Cricket

Winner: Liverpool Echo

Highly commended: The Gloucestershire Echo & Citizen

"Once again, the challenge will now be to surpass our 2022 efforts in 2023.

"Thank you to our readers, who remain the backbone of specialist publications such as ours. Your loyalty means so much to us all."

Over the past five years, The Cricketer's digital platforms have evolved considerably. 

Along the way, we have upped our annual audience from 210,000 unique users to more than 4million. 

In 2021, The Cricketer App was launched, providing all our coverage direct to readers' phones. In the summer of 2023, the app will receive a considerable upgrade. 

The County Hub is an essential, one-stop shop for county news, stats, features and opinion, while the Women's Regional Hub offers player profiles of every woman involved in the domestic game.

For recreational cricketers, the Club Cricket Guide provides bat reviews for all the latest blades, coaching advice from the pros, and information to help clubs around the country.