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BBC Sport 17/01/19
Gordon Hollins has been named as the England and Wales Cricket Board's first managing director of county cricket.
Hollins, who was previously chief operating officer, will be responsible for managing the relationship between the ECB and the domestic game.
Significant changes to county cricket, including a new 100-ball competition,will be introduced in 2020.
"I am thrilled to take up this position at an exciting time for the county game," he said.
"There is some excellent work being done by people across the counties and we have a responsibility to help and support them and to ensure that the game continues to grow.
"We can only do that by working in collaboration with our partners - the 38 counties, Cricket Wales and MCC."
ECB chief executive Tom Harrison added: "His appointment to this newly created role is part of ECB's pledge to protect and grow the domestic game and ensure it can be enjoyed for generations to come.
"We will do this through partnership and increased support to the counties through the new strategy."
What do you guy reckion?
By protect and grow does Harrison mean destroy and kill?
If the game is growing as Hollins here claims, then why is there a need for drastic change, represented by the NOB competition (new one-hundred ball), at all?
ECB also made a couple of other appointments today...
Tony Singh, formerly of BT Sport, has been made Chief Commercial Officer, replacing...
Sanjay Patel, who had a role at every stage for the new competition's conception,being on several of the self-fulfilling committees that have now backed us into this cul de sac for 2020, who has now unsurprisingly been made MD for the dreaded thing. MD of NOB Comp
Not too encouraging. Of course if Mr Hollins travels to counties and listens to us then that would be good. I am concerned that he refers to 38 counties. That seems to be lumping the professional game with the soon to be renamed amateur/part time Minor Counties. Am I reading too much into that, or is this a later to stage of the ECB "Inspire Plot" ?
ReplyDeleteThe 38 refers to the 38 County Cricket Boards.
ReplyDeleteAh thanks for clarification
DeleteJust wondering if he will attend Notts AGM on Tuesday 26th March at County Hall. If so it will be an opportunity for questions and hopefully dialogue. The time has come for our club and ECB to stop using buzz words like governance and interface, and talk with us, the people that Mr Harrison says are the priority, the members and supporters who are the only ones as of today who pay to watch our game
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