Elizabeth Ammon

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Elizabeth Ammon
OccupationSports journalist
Known forRegional cricket

Elizabeth Ammon is a London-based cricket journalist and broadcaster.

Professional life

Ammon has written for The Guardian , [1] [2] The Independent , [3] The Daily Mirror [4] and The Times [5] [6] as well as for websites such as Sporting Intelligence [7] and ESPN [8] and magazines such as The Cricket Monthly [9] and Wisden Cricket Monthly . [10]

Ammon has appeared on the Sky Sports programme Cricket Writers on TV. [11] [12] She has appeared as a pundit on the TalkSport programme Cricket Week, [13] [14] the Lord's podcast, [15] and Off The Ball . [16] She has worked as a county cricket commentator for BBC Sport, [17] as well as appearing on Test Match Special [18] and BBC Radio Five Live. [19]

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  2. Southampton, Elizabeth Ammon Graham Hardcastle in; Ammon, Elizabeth; Ammon, Elizabeth; Ammon, Elizabeth; Ammon, Elizabeth; Ammon, Elizabeth; Ammon, Elizabeth (14 September 2015). "County cricket – as it happened". The Guardian via www.theguardian.com.
  3. "Elizabeth Ammon". Independent.co.uk .
  4. "Six deliveries from this week in County Cricket: Surrey's Lord's hoodoo continues". Daily Mirror . 19 April 2012.
  5. Ammon, Elizabeth (17 June 2018). "How England are creating their own Mitchell Starc" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  6. Ammon, Elizabeth (17 June 2018). "Sri Lanka captain charged with ball tampering" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. "THE ASHES: "Australia haven't suddenly turned into a great team. They aren't." - Sporting Intelligence". www.sportingintelligence.com.
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  11. acast (16 July 2017). "Cricket Writers on TV - July 16th - Cricket Writers Podcast - Sky Sports on acast".
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  15. "The Lord's Cricket Podcast". audioboom.com.
  16. "Kevin Pietersen's controversial autobiography".
  17. "County cricket reporters: A special breed". About the BBC. 20 April 2015.
  18. "Journalist Panel - Squad announcements, T20 changes and the County Championship season so far, Test Match Special - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. 24 April 2017.
  19. "Female cricket reporter: Gayle's date proposal 'degrading', In Short - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. 5 January 2016.