Will England & Wales’ new independent Cricket Regulator help improve the integrity of the game?

England’s underwhelming performance in the recently concluded men’s Cricket World Cup is not English cricket’s only concern. Off the pitch, the domestic game is experiencing a turbulent phase, including an enquiry into allegations of institutional racism1 at Yorkshire County Cricket Club (see our previous post2) and other county clubs. 

Such allegations, together with global movements including ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Me Too’, prompted the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to establish the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) in March 2021 “to assist the [ECB] in assessing the evidence of inequalities and discrimination of all forms within cricket, and the actions needed to tackle these issues.”

One of the ICEC’s key recommendations was the establishment of an independent regulator for cricket in England and Wales (Cricket Regulator). At a time when the UK Government has announced that it will put forward legislation3 in 2024 for the establishment of an independent football regulator, this article explores the ICEC’s recommendations and the recent establishment of the Cricket Regulator.

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• Julian Davies

  • 20 March 2024 at 10:17
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  2024 - the start of the era of UK independent sports regulator in three of our major sports - football, cricket and rugby

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