Richard Thompson was introduced as the following chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board on Saturday (August 7) and can take up the function from September 1 for a five-year interval. Thompson will succeed Martin Darlow who has been the interim chief within the put up since April after Ian Watmore stepped down in October 2021.
Thompson is about to go away his present function as chair of the Surrey Cricket Membership and the 55-year-old was appointed after a diligent choice course of. It have to be famous that Thompson was fairly profitable because the chair of Surrey, taking them to higher heights and the notations committee had really helpful Thompson to the ECB.
I’ll work tirelessly to revive the belief within the sport: Richard Thompson
Thompson said that he’s proud to change into the following chair of ECB and highlighted the importance of cricket in assembly lots of people. He admired the love for the sport from totally different elements of the nation and was assured of taking the sport to new heights within the nation.
“I’m immensely proud to change into Chair of the ECB at what’s a massively vital time for cricket. Cricket has given me the prospect to fulfill an extremely various vary of wonderful individuals. Their ardour, endeavor and love for the sport is what I need to harness, to take our sport ahead, to new heights throughout England & Wales,” Thompson stated as quoted by Information 18.
Thompson additionally famous concerning the affect of cricket in becoming a member of totally different communities contained in the nation and was eager on making certain that everybody who deserves will get to play the sport. He added concerning the totally different assignments arising within the subsequent few months together with the worldwide ICC occasions.
“Cricket must be essentially the most inclusive sport within the nation, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds, serving to carry communities collectively. For these communities the place we’ve got fallen quick, I’ll work tirelessly to revive their belief within the sport. With the Males’s & Girls’s Ashes on the horizon, ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in October and the latest successes in our purple ball sport, together with internet hosting the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2026 there may be a lot forward of us,” he added.
