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English Cricket Board

England and Wales Cricket Board
England and Wales Cricket Board.svg
Sport Cricket
Abbreviation ECB
Founded 1 January 1997
Location Lord's
Chairman Colin Graves
Chief Exec Tom Harrison
Coach Trevor Bayliss
Replaced TCCB
Official website
www.ecb.co.uk

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, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council. Like many sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal status which enables it to concentrate on maximising its funding of the sport rather than making a return for investors. The ECB's head offices are at Lord's in London. 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 taken in the run-up to the launch of ECB in January 1997 by those from within the game given the task of overseeing the transition from the previous bodies from which ECB was formed.

The ECB is governed by representatives of the 18 First Class counties, 21 non-First Class boards, the MCC and the Minor Counties Cricket Association. It is headed by the Management Board (with fourteen members), a First-Class Forum (for first-class cricket) and a Recreational Forum. As of the end of the 2016 season, the ECB's chairman is Colin Graves of Yorkshire and the Chief Executive Officer is Tom Harrison.

An important responsibility is the direction of the England national side. The Chairman of Selectors, 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 ECB National Academy, currently based at Loughborough University in Leicestershire.


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