Annie Chave joins Prost International as lead cricket columnist

Annie Chave is a cricket journalist and broadcaster.

She has been commentating on International Cricket via Guerilla Cricket for the past five years – a gig which led to working for Line & Length Network live from the Barbados Kensington Oval in January 2019 for the West Indies v England.

In November 2019 she helped set up a quarterly magazine, County Cricket Matters.

She became the magazine’s Editor and Director in March 2020, and it has just published its 11th issue. In 2021, on the back of the magazine’s success, she started a County Cricket Natters podcast with regular livestream/BBC broadcasters, Sam Dalling and Dan Whiting.

She is the Cricket Supporters’ Association Somerset County Cricket Club Representative, and is also a Trustee for Googly Fund a fantastic initiative, giving grants to friendly cricket teams.

Recently Annie’s passionate support for the county game saw her inadvertently thrust into the spotlight when former England international Kevin Pietersen launched an unprovoked personal attack on Twitter.

While Annie responded with grace and courtesy, the South African’s tweet only increased her outreach and public awaress of County Matters.

Annie has written articles for the Cricketer, including book reviews. She has also appeared on numerous podcasts and written for many blogs.

“I was delighted when Prost International invited me to join their columnist team. Their commitment to covering the county game at this crucial time is vital; especially as they are a multi-sports site that covers other sports along with the counties. That’s a good ally to have.”

“To them, county cricket matters.

“Best of all, the nearly all the journalists they send to the county grounds are young with their writing careers in front of them. Prost is creating the next generation of county cricket writers. This is very important.

It also turned out some of my older colleagues already working in cricket journalism knew of Prost and had very good things to say. Personally I’m also excited to have a new platform to put the case for the cricket causes I believe in.”

Annie is the third guest to join our columnist series; following Glenn Moore and Kartik Krishnaiyer, whose pieces appeared on June 13th and June 20th. Her first column will appear on Monday June 27th.