England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), the National Cricket Association (NCA) and the Cricket Council.

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Cricket - England and Wales - 1 January - 1997

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The ECB is based on representatives of the 38 first-class and minor counties and the MCC. It is headed by the Management Board (with 15 members), a First-Class Forum (for first-class cricket) and a Recreational Forum. The chairman is David Morgan of Glamorgan and the chief executive is David Collier.

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First-class - Minor - MCC - First-class cricket - Glamorgan - David Collier

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An important responsibility is the direction of the England national side. The Chairman of Selectors David Graveney and the Head Coach Duncan Fletcher and his team are ECB employees. The ECB also employs the England Captain Michael Vaughan and other centrally contracted players, as well as being responsible for the ECB National Academy, currently based at Loughborough University.

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England - David Graveney - Duncan Fletcher - Michael Vaughan - Centrally contracted - ECB National Academy - Loughborough University

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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 internationals and Test matches in England and shares in revenues when the England team play abroad. In 2005 the ECB concluded a commercial arrangement with Sky Television which gave Sky the exclusive rights to the showing of live Test cricket in England for five years. This deal, which took live Test cricket for home England matches away from terrestrial television for the first time was criticised by many England cricket supporters and others.

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England - One-day internationals - Test matches - Sky Television - Test cricket - Terrestrial television

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The ECB's offices are at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

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Lord's Cricket Ground - London

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