There remain significant concerns among the 11 non-host counties over the proposed distribution model for the injection of private capital into English cricket through the Hundred. The ECB was hoping to have the proposals accepted in principle by the 18 counties and MCC on Friday, but the deadline passed with the non-hosts having informed ECB that they are only prepared to give their approval in part.
The timing of the ECB’s request for a (non-binding) vote of approval was partly born out of the increasing sense of urgency to get on with the task, but also because the AGM takes place in Cardiff on Tuesday, and Richard Gould and Richard Thompson — the ECB chief executive and chairman — were hoping to be able to