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England and Wales Cricket Board

April 21, 2023

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales.[3] It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council.[4] In April 1998 the Women's Cricket Association was integrated into the organisation.[5] The ECB's head offices are at Lord's Cricket Ground in north-west London.[6]

England and Wales Cricket Board
Logo England and Wales Cricket Board
SportCricket
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationECB
Founded1 January 1997 (1 January 1997)
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date15 June 1909; 113 years ago (15 June 1909)
Regional affiliationEuropean Cricket Council
Affiliation date1997; 26 years ago (1997)
LocationLord's
ChairmanRichard Thompson
CEORichard Gould
Men's coachBrendon McCullum (Test) Matthew Mott (T20I) (ODI) [1]
Women's coachvacant
SponsorCinch, Royal London, Vitality, LV=, IG, Castore, Lifebuoy, Microsoft, Chapel Down[2]
ReplacedTCCB
Official website
www.ecb.co.uk

The board oversees all levels of cricket in England and Wales, including the national teams: England Men (Test, One Day International and T20I), England Women, England Lions (Men's second tier), Physical Disability, Learning Disability, Visually Impaired, and Deaf.

Although the organisation is the England and Wales Cricket Board, it is referred to as the ECB, not the EWCB, as a result of a decision by those overseeing the transition from the previous bodies.[7]

Structure and role

The ECB is run by an executive management team that reports directly to the chief executive officer (CEO). Richard Gould took over as permanent CEO in February 2023,[8] replacing Clare Connor, who had held the office on an interim basis since May 2022.[9] He in turn reports to the Chair of the ECB Board, a position held by Richard Thompson since September 2022.[10]

An executive committee chaired by the CEO is responsible for delivering the ECB's strategic plans. Three other committees – Cricket; Audit, Risk and Governance; and Regulatory – work with the senior management team on policy, planning and strategic issues.

The ECB Management Board is composed of a Chair, a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, three Independent Non-Executive Directors, five Cricket Non-Executive Directors, the CEO and the Chief Financial Officer.

There are 41 members of the ECB:

  • The Chairs of the 18 First-Class Counties
  • The Chairs of the 21 County Boards in National Counties (formerly the Minor Counties)
  • The Chair of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
  • The Chair of the National Counties Cricket Association

One of the main responsibilities of the ECB is the preparation and development of the teams that represent England at the highest level in Test and ODI play. The National Selector, head coach and other coaches are ECB employees. The ECB also employs the English Test match captain and other centrally contracted players, as well as being responsible for the National Cricket Performance Centre, currently based at Loughborough University in Leicestershire.

The long-term strategy to deliver world championships in the men's and women's games had a successful conclusion in the summer of 2019. England won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time, emulating the feat of their female counterparts, who had become world champions for the fourth time in 2017.[11]

The ECB is responsible for the financial direction and commercial exploitation of England cricket. It raises revenue from the proceeds of sales for tickets at One Day International and Test matches in England and Wales. The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of sponsorship and broadcasting rights, primarily in relation to the English team.

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the UK. More than 1.1 million adults attend cricket matches each year, while 2.5 million people play the game at all levels in England and Wales.[12] Almost 10 million people – about 20% of the adult population – follow the sport.[12] Since 2009, 4 million schoolchildren have been introduced to cricket by the Chance To Shine programme.[12]

In 2017 the ECB signed a new media rights deal valued at £1.1 billion to cover the five years between 2020 and 2024.[13] This deal will be used to fund a broad range of initiatives across the sport at all levels, including a guaranteed and unprecedented £475 million to fund the county network – First-Class Counties, National Counties and County Boards.[14]

While the ECB administers all aspects of English cricket, the laws of the game remain in the control of MCC.

In April 2017 the Articles of Association were changed to allow a new White-ball Cricket competition to be run from 2020, comprising 8 teams and run during school summer holidays.[15][16] The T20 event has become The Hundred.

In May 2018 ECB launched an action plan for engaging South Asian audiences in England and Wales.[17] In January 2019 ECB launched its Inspiring Generations strategy for cricket across 2020–2024.[18] The strategy aims to Inspire a generation to say Cricket is a game for me.[19] Alongside its five-year plan, in October 2019 ECB launched plans to transform women's and girls' cricket.[20]

The ECB also leads the sport's efforts with regard to the integrity of cricket, including anti-doping[21] and anti-corruption initiatives,[22] and safeguarding of all who play and administer the game.[23] In the 2017-2018 financial year, the ECB's turnover was £125.5 million.[24]

National teams

Men's Test team: England played in the first Test match, against Australia in 1877, and has been one of the world's leading exponents of the five-day form of cricket ever since. England has been a full member of the International Cricket Council since 1909. The position of Men's Test captain, as of 28th April 2022, is occupied by Ben Stokes.[25]

Men's one-day team: England featured in the first One-Day International, against Australia in 1971. England won the men's Cricket World Cup for the first time in a thrilling final against New Zealand at Lord's in July 2019. England's only previous limited-overs global title came in the T20 World Cup in 2010. As of July 2020, the team's captain was Eoin Morgan.[26]

Women's team: England featured in the first Women's Test series, against Australia in 1934–35, where they won 2-0 despite the enduring rancour from the Bodyline series of two winters before. They have won the World Cup four times, most recently in 2017. The team is captained, as of July 2020, by Heather Knight.[27]

Disability teams: The ECB is committed to facilitating access to the sport for people with disabilities. It aims to have 300 clubs offering disabled provision by 2024. The four teams administered by the ECB are Physical Disability,[28] Learning Disability,[29] Visually Impaired and Deaf.

County Cricket

First-Class Counties: There are 18 First-Class Counties, 17 in England and one, Glamorgan, in Wales.[30] County cricket developed in the 1740s[31] and the first County Championship was played in 1890.[32] From 2020 onwards there are 10 teams in Division One and eight in Division Two.[33] The ECB plays a part in the administration of a county through the County Partnership Agreement, a structure set up in late 2019 designed to improve two-way communication between the ECB and the counties and to ensure the successful implementation of the inspiring Generations strategy between 2020 and 2024.[34]

National Counties: Formerly known as the Minor Counties, these are the 21 areas where cricket is played on a county-wide basis but without first-class status.[35] The Minor Counties Championship was first staged in 1895. From 2020 onwards, the counties’ Western and Eastern divisions are split into two five-team groups between which sides are relegated and promoted. Each county also has a County Partnership Agreement with the ECB.[35][36]

County Boards: Recreational cricket at all levels in each county is administered by a county board.[36] There are more than 6,500 recreational cricket clubs and 40 county boards in total, including boards for Wales and the Isle of Wight. Each board has a County Partnership Agreement with the ECB. The intention is for the whole of cricket to think collectively about how to work together for the present and future stability and growth of the game.

The ECB also works at grassroots level with organisations such as Chance To Shine that are dedicated to encouraging talented and enthusiastic youngsters to play as much cricket as possible and maximise their potential.[37]

Cricket in Wales: Historically, there have been claims that Wales should break away from the ECB and have its own international team, like Ireland and Scotland. However, Cricket Wales and Glamorgan have consistently supported the ECB and the concept that Welsh players of international standard will continue to represent England.

Domestic competitions: First-class counties compete in the following:

The County Boards

See also: Category:County Cricket Boards

Subject to certain exceptions, each historic county in England has either an ECB County Cricket Club or Cricket Board as below. The first-class counties are represented directly at the ECB, whereas the national counties retain a Cricket Board.

Rutland shares a board with neighbouring Leicestershire, an echo of the 18th century Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club. Hampshire as such has two boards given that the Isle of Wight has its own. Westmorland and Cumberland are replaced by Cumbria, a ceremonial county created in 1974. An additional board exists for the whole country of Wales and is incorporated within the ECB.

Most counties have clubs which are members of either the County Championship or the National Counties Cricket Championship. Rutland and the Isle of Wight do not have county clubs and are wholly integrated for that purpose with Leicestershire and Hampshire respectively. Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club has a chequered history and now plays informal matches only. Cumberland and Westmorland originally shared Cumberland County Cricket Club as a joint county club. It is now representative of Cumbria as a whole and plays matches in both of the two traditional counties; there has never been a club called Westmorland.[38][39]

Status of Wales

See also: Proposed Wales national cricket team and Cricket in Wales

Historically, the England team represented the whole of Great Britain in international cricket, with Scottish or Welsh national teams playing sporadically and players from both countries occasionally representing England. Following Ireland's membership in 1993, Scotland became an independent member of the ICC the next year.

With Welsh players pursuing international careers exclusively with an England team, there have been a number of calls for Wales to become an independent member of the ICC, or for the ECB to provide more fixtures for a Welsh national team. However, both Cricket Wales and Glamorgan County Cricket Club have continually supported the ECB, with Glamorgan arguing for the financial benefits of the Welsh county within the English structure, and Cricket Wales stating they are "committed to continuing to play a major role within the ECB"[40][41][42]

The absence of a Welsh cricket team has seen a number of debates within the Welsh Parliament. In 2013 a debate saw both Conservative and Labour members lend their support to the establishment of an independent Welsh team.[43]

In 2015, a report produced by the Welsh Parliament's petitions committee reflected the passionate debate around the issue. Bethan Jenkins, Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson on heritage, culture, sport and broadcasting, and a member of the petitions committee, argued that Wales should have its own international team and withdraw from the ECB. Jenkins noted that Ireland (with a population of 6.4 million) was an ICC member with 6,000 club players whereas Wales (with 3.2 million) had 7,500. Jenkins said: "Cricket Wales and Glamorgan CCC say the idea of a Welsh national cricket team is ‘an emotive subject’, of course having a national team is emotive, you only have to look at the stands during any national game to see that. To suggest this as anything other than natural is a bit of a misleading argument."[44][45][46][47][48][49]

In 2017, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones called for the reintroduction of the Welsh one day team stating: "[It] is odd that we see Ireland and Scotland playing in international tournaments and not Wales."[50][51]

In 2019, Plaid Cymru member Jonathan Edwards called for Wales to separate from the England and Wales Cricket Board by 2020 and to establish itself as an independent national team, Mr. Edwards said; “We have a Welsh rugby team, football team, basketball team, even a national lacrosse team. In cricket, however, we are still incorporated into England. That surely can’t be right.”[52][53]

Inspiring Generations

In 2019 the ECB launched a game-wide strategy to grow interest in, and engagement with, cricket over the five years between 2020 and 2024.[54] Its vision is that by the latter date a new generation of fans will have been inspired to say: “Cricket is a game for me.[55]”

Inspiring Generations has been made possible by the signing of a media rights deal worth about £1.1billion, the vast majority of which will be paid by Sky television. As a result, the ECB has identified 26 activities that will made up the overarching Inspiring Generations strategy.[56]

The key focus is on six areas, in which the ECB has pledged to:

  • Grow and nurture cricket's core, the county network
  • Inspire through the exploits of elite teams
  • Make cricket accessible to as many people as possible
  • Engage children and young people
  • Transform women's and girls’ cricket
  • Support its communities

Women’s and Girls’ Strategy

One of the most important elements of the Inspiring Generations strategy is the delivery of a plan to make cricket a truly gender-balanced sport and to build on the significant progress in the women's game in the first two decades of the 21st century.

The ECB has promised by 2021 to invest £20million specifically into the transformation of women's and girls’ cricket.[57] This process is built around the following five targets:

  • Participation – bringing girls’ cricket to more schools and clubs
  • Pathway – raising standards in local girls’ cricket
  • Performance – unveiling a new regional elite domestic structure for the women's game
  • Profile – promoting awareness of elite female players
  • People – increasing the number of women in the cricket workforce and leadership roles

More than 850 clubs now offer women's and girls’ cricket, a total that was fewer than 100 in 2009.

The Hundred

Main article: The Hundred (cricket)

In 2020 the ECB launched a new competition called The Hundred which the board said was designed to appeal to families and younger cricket fans.[58] The new competition, where each side has a 100 balls, is designed to be fast moving and is aimed at a young, digitally-savvy, urban audience who want a game that is simple to understand, packed with action and completed in less than three hours.[59]

Eight new teams were created by the ECB and based in cities across England and Wales. New branding and identities have been created for players who are familiar to existing cricket fans playing for sides who no longer bear the names of traditional counties. The team names are:

  • Birmingham Phoenix
  • London Spirit
  • Manchester Originals
  • Northern Superchargers
  • Oval Invincibles
  • Southern Brave
  • Trent Rockets
  • Welsh Fire[60]

The best players in England, and many of the biggest stars in the world, signed up for The Hundred. Men's and women's teams will represent each of the new outfits – it is claimed that it is unprecedented to run a national competition in a major sport in which the men's and women's teams are so closely aligned.

The men's squads were finalised in October 2019 at an NFL-style draft, the first time such a system had been applied to a major UK competition.

The competition also sees the return after 15 years of live cricket to free-to-air television. The BBC will be screening at least ten matches live from the men's competition, including the final.[61]

Some traditional supporters of cricket have questioned the ECB's motivation for launching a new format of the sport, but the ECB's response is that The Hundred will attract a new audience who will, in turn, become fans of more established forms of the sport.

The launch of The Hundred competition has officially been delayed by one year, to 2021, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The South Asian Action Plan

In 2018, the ECB launched an initiative designed to increase engagement in cricket in England and Wales among people who trace their ancestry to nations in south Asia – such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – where cricket has historically been hugely popular.[62]

The decision was taken to engage with this community in particular because more than 30% of active cricketers in England and Wales at the time identified as being of South Asian extraction.

The SAAP was driven by research and community-led in an attempt to break down barriers to playing and watching cricket.

The 11 principal action points included installing non-traditional playing facilities in urban areas and delivering cricket at schools with a higher than national average representation of BAME pupils.

One significant early success was the opening in 2019 of the Leyton Cricket Hub in east London, the first urban cricket centre of its kind in the country. The SAAP also led to the installation of 110 non-turf pitches in urban areas and the recruitment of 600 female volunteers to boost the initiative.

All Stars Cricket

All Stars Cricket is the ECB's entry-level participation programme for boys and girls aged between five and eight.[63] It consists of eight one-hour sessions over eight weeks and the emphasis is on fun and activity.

The programme is designed for all children who are new to cricket and focuses on the sport's specific skills, as well as activity and teamwork in general.

In 2019, more than 67,000 children took part in sessions at more than 2,200 clubs.[64]

Major domestic competitions

See also

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The England and Wales Cricket Board ECB is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales 3 It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and County Cricket Board the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council 4 In April 1998 the Women s Cricket Association was integrated into the organisation 5 The ECB s head offices are at Lord s Cricket Ground in north west London 6 England and Wales Cricket BoardLogo England and Wales Cricket BoardSportCricketJurisdictionNationalAbbreviationECBFounded1 January 1997 1 January 1997 AffiliationInternational Cricket CouncilAffiliation date15 June 1909 113 years ago 15 June 1909 Regional affiliationEuropean Cricket CouncilAffiliation date1997 26 years ago 1997 LocationLord sChairmanRichard ThompsonCEORichard GouldMen s coachBrendon McCullum Test Matthew Mott T20I ODI 1 Women s coachvacantSponsorCinch Royal London Vitality LV IG Castore Lifebuoy Microsoft Chapel Down 2 ReplacedTCCBOfficial websitewww wbr ecb wbr co wbr ukThe board oversees all levels of cricket in England and Wales including the national teams England Men Test One Day International and T20I England Women England Lions Men s second tier Physical Disability Learning Disability Visually Impaired and Deaf Although the organisation is the England and Wales Cricket Board it is referred to as the ECB not the EWCB as a result of a decision by those overseeing the transition from the previous bodies 7 Contents 1 Structure and role 2 National teams 3 County Cricket 3 1 The County Boards 4 Status of Wales 5 Inspiring Generations 6 Women s and Girls Strategy 7 The Hundred 8 The South Asian Action Plan 9 All Stars Cricket 10 Major domestic competitions 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksStructure and role EditThe ECB is run by an executive management team that reports directly to the chief executive officer CEO Richard Gould took over as permanent CEO in February 2023 8 replacing Clare Connor who had held the office on an interim basis since May 2022 9 He in turn reports to the Chair of the ECB Board a position held by Richard Thompson since September 2022 10 An executive committee chaired by the CEO is responsible for delivering the ECB s strategic plans Three other committees Cricket Audit Risk and Governance and Regulatory work with the senior management team on policy planning and strategic issues The ECB Management Board is composed of a Chair a Senior Independent Non Executive Director three Independent Non Executive Directors five Cricket Non Executive Directors the CEO and the Chief Financial Officer There are 41 members of the ECB The Chairs of the 18 First Class Counties The Chairs of the 21 County Boards in National Counties formerly the Minor Counties The Chair of Marylebone Cricket Club MCC The Chair of the National Counties Cricket AssociationOne of the main responsibilities of the ECB is the preparation and development of the teams that represent England at the highest level in Test and ODI play The National Selector head coach and other coaches are ECB employees The ECB also employs the English Test match captain and other centrally contracted players as well as being responsible for the National Cricket Performance Centre currently based at Loughborough University in Leicestershire The long term strategy to deliver world championships in the men s and women s games had a successful conclusion in the summer of 2019 England won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time emulating the feat of their female counterparts who had become world champions for the fourth time in 2017 11 The ECB is responsible for the financial direction and commercial exploitation of England cricket It raises revenue from the proceeds of sales for tickets at One Day International and Test matches in England and Wales The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of sponsorship and broadcasting rights primarily in relation to the English team Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the UK More than 1 1 million adults attend cricket matches each year while 2 5 million people play the game at all levels in England and Wales 12 Almost 10 million people about 20 of the adult population follow the sport 12 Since 2009 4 million schoolchildren have been introduced to cricket by the Chance To Shine programme 12 In 2017 the ECB signed a new media rights deal valued at 1 1 billion to cover the five years between 2020 and 2024 13 This deal will be used to fund a broad range of initiatives across the sport at all levels including a guaranteed and unprecedented 475 million to fund the county network First Class Counties National Counties and County Boards 14 While the ECB administers all aspects of English cricket the laws of the game remain in the control of MCC In April 2017 the Articles of Association were changed to allow a new White ball Cricket competition to be run from 2020 comprising 8 teams and run during school summer holidays 15 16 The T20 event has become The Hundred In May 2018 ECB launched an action plan for engaging South Asian audiences in England and Wales 17 In January 2019 ECB launched its Inspiring Generations strategy for cricket across 2020 2024 18 The strategy aims to Inspire a generation to say Cricket is a game for me 19 Alongside its five year plan in October 2019 ECB launched plans to transform women s and girls cricket 20 The ECB also leads the sport s efforts with regard to the integrity of cricket including anti doping 21 and anti corruption initiatives 22 and safeguarding of all who play and administer the game 23 In the 2017 2018 financial year the ECB s turnover was 125 5 million 24 National teams EditMen s Test team England played in the first Test match against Australia in 1877 and has been one of the world s leading exponents of the five day form of cricket ever since England has been a full member of the International Cricket Council since 1909 The position of Men s Test captain as of 28th April 2022 is occupied by Ben Stokes 25 Men s one day team England featured in the first One Day International against Australia in 1971 England won the men s Cricket World Cup for the first time in a thrilling final against New Zealand at Lord s in July 2019 England s only previous limited overs global title came in the T20 World Cup in 2010 As of July 2020 the team s captain was Eoin Morgan 26 Women s team England featured in the first Women s Test series against Australia in 1934 35 where they won 2 0 despite the enduring rancour from the Bodyline series of two winters before They have won the World Cup four times most recently in 2017 The team is captained as of July 2020 by Heather Knight 27 Disability teams The ECB is committed to facilitating access to the sport for people with disabilities It aims to have 300 clubs offering disabled provision by 2024 The four teams administered by the ECB are Physical Disability 28 Learning Disability 29 Visually Impaired and Deaf County Cricket EditFirst Class Counties There are 18 First Class Counties 17 in England and one Glamorgan in Wales 30 County cricket developed in the 1740s 31 and the first County Championship was played in 1890 32 From 2020 onwards there are 10 teams in Division One and eight in Division Two 33 The ECB plays a part in the administration of a county through the County Partnership Agreement a structure set up in late 2019 designed to improve two way communication between the ECB and the counties and to ensure the successful implementation of the inspiring Generations strategy between 2020 and 2024 34 National Counties Formerly known as the Minor Counties these are the 21 areas where cricket is played on a county wide basis but without first class status 35 The Minor Counties Championship was first staged in 1895 From 2020 onwards the counties Western and Eastern divisions are split into two five team groups between which sides are relegated and promoted Each county also has a County Partnership Agreement with the ECB 35 36 County Boards Recreational cricket at all levels in each county is administered by a county board 36 There are more than 6 500 recreational cricket clubs and 40 county boards in total including boards for Wales and the Isle of Wight Each board has a County Partnership Agreement with the ECB The intention is for the whole of cricket to think collectively about how to work together for the present and future stability and growth of the game The ECB also works at grassroots level with organisations such as Chance To Shine that are dedicated to encouraging talented and enthusiastic youngsters to play as much cricket as possible and maximise their potential 37 Cricket in Wales Historically there have been claims that Wales should break away from the ECB and have its own international team like Ireland and Scotland However Cricket Wales and Glamorgan have consistently supported the ECB and the concept that Welsh players of international standard will continue to represent England Domestic competitions First class counties compete in the following LV Insurance County Championship Royal London One Day Cup Vitality Blast T20The County Boards Edit See also Category County Cricket Boards Subject to certain exceptions each historic county in England has either an ECB County Cricket Club or Cricket Board as below The first class counties are represented directly at the ECB whereas the national counties retain a Cricket Board Bedfordshire Cricket Board Berkshire Cricket Board Buckinghamshire Cricket Board Cambridgeshire Cricket Board Cheshire Cricket Board Cornwall Cricket Board Cumbria Cricket Board Derbyshire County Cricket Club Devon Cricket Board Dorset Cricket Board Durham County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club Herefordshire Cricket Board Hertfordshire Cricket Board Huntingdonshire Cricket Board Isle of Wight Cricket Board Kent County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club Leicestershire County Cricket Club Lincolnshire Cricket Board Middlesex County Cricket Club Norfolk Cricket Board Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northumberland Cricket Board Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Oxfordshire Cricket Board Shropshire Cricket Board Somerset County Cricket Club Staffordshire Cricket Board Suffolk Cricket Board Surrey County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club Cricket Wales Warwickshire County Cricket Club Wiltshire Cricket Board Worcestershire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club Rutland shares a board with neighbouring Leicestershire an echo of the 18th century Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club Hampshire as such has two boards given that the Isle of Wight has its own Westmorland and Cumberland are replaced by Cumbria a ceremonial county created in 1974 An additional board exists for the whole country of Wales and is incorporated within the ECB Most counties have clubs which are members of either the County Championship or the National Counties Cricket Championship Rutland and the Isle of Wight do not have county clubs and are wholly integrated for that purpose with Leicestershire and Hampshire respectively Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club has a chequered history and now plays informal matches only Cumberland and Westmorland originally shared Cumberland County Cricket Club as a joint county club It is now representative of Cumbria as a whole and plays matches in both of the two traditional counties there has never been a club called Westmorland 38 39 Status of Wales EditSee also Proposed Wales national cricket team and Cricket in Wales Historically the England team represented the whole of Great Britain in international cricket with Scottish or Welsh national teams playing sporadically and players from both countries occasionally representing England Following Ireland s membership in 1993 Scotland became an independent member of the ICC the next year With Welsh players pursuing international careers exclusively with an England team there have been a number of calls for Wales to become an independent member of the ICC or for the ECB to provide more fixtures for a Welsh national team However both Cricket Wales and Glamorgan County Cricket Club have continually supported the ECB with Glamorgan arguing for the financial benefits of the Welsh county within the English structure and Cricket Wales stating they are committed to continuing to play a major role within the ECB 40 41 42 The absence of a Welsh cricket team has seen a number of debates within the Welsh Parliament In 2013 a debate saw both Conservative and Labour members lend their support to the establishment of an independent Welsh team 43 In 2015 a report produced by the Welsh Parliament s petitions committee reflected the passionate debate around the issue Bethan Jenkins Plaid Cymru s spokesperson on heritage culture sport and broadcasting and a member of the petitions committee argued that Wales should have its own international team and withdraw from the ECB Jenkins noted that Ireland with a population of 6 4 million was an ICC member with 6 000 club players whereas Wales with 3 2 million had 7 500 Jenkins said Cricket Wales and Glamorgan CCC say the idea of a Welsh national cricket team is an emotive subject of course having a national team is emotive you only have to look at the stands during any national game to see that To suggest this as anything other than natural is a bit of a misleading argument 44 45 46 47 48 49 In 2017 the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones called for the reintroduction of the Welsh one day team stating It is odd that we see Ireland and Scotland playing in international tournaments and not Wales 50 51 In 2019 Plaid Cymru member Jonathan Edwards called for Wales to separate from the England and Wales Cricket Board by 2020 and to establish itself as an independent national team Mr Edwards said We have a Welsh rugby team football team basketball team even a national lacrosse team In cricket however we are still incorporated into England That surely can t be right 52 53 Inspiring Generations EditIn 2019 the ECB launched a game wide strategy to grow interest in and engagement with cricket over the five years between 2020 and 2024 54 Its vision is that by the latter date a new generation of fans will have been inspired to say Cricket is a game for me 55 Inspiring Generations has been made possible by the signing of a media rights deal worth about 1 1billion the vast majority of which will be paid by Sky television As a result the ECB has identified 26 activities that will made up the overarching Inspiring Generations strategy 56 The key focus is on six areas in which the ECB has pledged to Grow and nurture cricket s core the county network Inspire through the exploits of elite teams Make cricket accessible to as many people as possible Engage children and young people Transform women s and girls cricket Support its communitiesWomen s and Girls Strategy EditOne of the most important elements of the Inspiring Generations strategy is the delivery of a plan to make cricket a truly gender balanced sport and to build on the significant progress in the women s game in the first two decades of the 21st century The ECB has promised by 2021 to invest 20million specifically into the transformation of women s and girls cricket 57 This process is built around the following five targets Participation bringing girls cricket to more schools and clubs Pathway raising standards in local girls cricket Performance unveiling a new regional elite domestic structure for the women s game Profile promoting awareness of elite female players People increasing the number of women in the cricket workforce and leadership rolesMore than 850 clubs now offer women s and girls cricket a total that was fewer than 100 in 2009 The Hundred EditMain article The Hundred cricket In 2020 the ECB launched a new competition called The Hundred which the board said was designed to appeal to families and younger cricket fans 58 The new competition where each side has a 100 balls is designed to be fast moving and is aimed at a young digitally savvy urban audience who want a game that is simple to understand packed with action and completed in less than three hours 59 Eight new teams were created by the ECB and based in cities across England and Wales New branding and identities have been created for players who are familiar to existing cricket fans playing for sides who no longer bear the names of traditional counties The team names are Birmingham Phoenix London Spirit Manchester Originals Northern Superchargers Oval Invincibles Southern Brave Trent Rockets Welsh Fire 60 The best players in England and many of the biggest stars in the world signed up for The Hundred Men s and women s teams will represent each of the new outfits it is claimed that it is unprecedented to run a national competition in a major sport in which the men s and women s teams are so closely aligned The men s squads were finalised in October 2019 at an NFL style draft the first time such a system had been applied to a major UK competition The competition also sees the return after 15 years of live cricket to free to air television The BBC will be screening at least ten matches live from the men s competition including the final 61 Some traditional supporters of cricket have questioned the ECB s motivation for launching a new format of the sport but the ECB s response is that The Hundred will attract a new audience who will in turn become fans of more established forms of the sport The launch of The Hundred competition has officially been delayed by one year to 2021 as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic The South Asian Action Plan EditIn 2018 the ECB launched an initiative designed to increase engagement in cricket in England and Wales among people who trace their ancestry to nations in south Asia such as India Pakistan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka where cricket has historically been hugely popular 62 The decision was taken to engage with this community in particular because more than 30 of active cricketers in England and Wales at the time identified as being of South Asian extraction The SAAP was driven by research and community led in an attempt to break down barriers to playing and watching cricket The 11 principal action points included installing non traditional playing facilities in urban areas and delivering cricket at schools with a higher than national average representation of BAME pupils One significant early success was the opening in 2019 of the Leyton Cricket Hub in east London the first urban cricket centre of its kind in the country The SAAP also led to the installation of 110 non turf pitches in urban areas and the recruitment of 600 female volunteers to boost the initiative All Stars Cricket EditAll Stars Cricket is the ECB s entry level participation programme for boys and girls aged between five and eight 63 It consists of eight one hour sessions over eight weeks and the emphasis is on fun and activity The programme is designed for all children who are new to cricket and focuses on the sport s specific skills as well as activity and teamwork in general In 2019 more than 67 000 children took part in sessions at more than 2 200 clubs 64 Major domestic competitions EditCounty Championship Royal London One Day Cup T20 Blast The hundredSee also EditCricket in England Cricket in Wales Association of Cricket OfficialsReferences Edit ECB announces squad for Caribbean Test series England and Wales Cricket Board Retrieved 17 February 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board Sponsors and Partners Retrieved 13 April 2022 ECB severs all ties with Stanford BBC News 20 February 2009 Retrieved 2 May 2010 Memorandum submitted by the England and Wales Cricket Board PF 82 PDF Moss Stephen 2006 Wisden Anthology 1978 2006 Cricket s Age of Revolution 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