CONGRATULATIONS, AGAIN, TO TOM EVANS

Date: 3rd April 2025

ECB Hat-trick Award Winning Journalist

ECB journalism awards: It’s three in a row as Merseyside Cricket Online’s Tom Evans sets the benchmark

Merseyside Cricket Online’s Tom Evans has claimed a hat-trick of wins in the ECB Domestic Cricket Journalism Awards.

His work for the Liverpool ECHO earned the title of Regional Newspaper of the Year for the third year running.

In total, the paper has claimed six ECB awards in the past five years.

Evans collected the new-look trophy in a ceremony at Lord’s cricket ground today.

He said: “It’s always a huge honour to be recognised like this, especially for doing something I enjoy so much.

“I’d like to thank everyone involved in the local cricket scene for their help and support; the team at the ECHO for giving me the opportunity to cover cricket on their patch; and my loyal readers for their advice and suggestions.”

Judges for the annual awards described the ECHO as “the benchmark for regional cricket coverage”.

They were impressed by features including an exclusive interview with Freddie’s Field of Dreams star and Lancashire hopeful Adnan Miakhel and a piece about Liverpool-based mental health group Opening Up Cricket in the wake of Graham Thorpe’s death.

Evans, 45, started covering cricket for the ECHO in 2018. He was previously a senior production journalist at the paper and now works for the Daily Mirror.

In 2022, he set up Merseyside Cricket Online to provide a dedicated online space for his coverage, which continues to appear in print in the ECHO.

He added: “By the time I started writing about the sport I love, I already had 16 years of experience as a journalist and had already worked alongside some of the best sports writers in the business.

“I had a foot in the door already – I don’t know how I would have got started without it.

“Local news brands should think hard about the breadth of their local sports coverage and find a way to give more people the opportunities I had.”

The new Liverpool Competition season begins on April 19, and Evans’ coverage will again appear in the ECHO’s sports pages.

“The sun’s out and to the cricket community that means only one thing,” Evans added.

“I’m looking forward to covering whatever the new season brings. Go well, everyone.”

" All of us at the Comp appreciate how lucky we are to have Tom covering our cricket and thank him wholeheartedly for everything he does". Eddie Shiff.