sport news Surrey chairman Richard Thompson set to be handed the hot seat at the ECB trends now

sport news Surrey chairman Richard Thompson set to be handed the hot seat at the ECB trends now
sport news Surrey chairman Richard Thompson set to be handed the hot seat at the ECB trends now

sport news Surrey chairman Richard Thompson set to be handed the hot seat at the ECB trends now

Richard Thompson is set to be named the ECB's new chair - with the Surrey chief's imminent appointment ending their year-long search after Ian Watmore's exit Richard Thompson is expected to be announced the new chairman of the ECB  ECB's search for a new chair has been ongoing since Ian Watmore's departure Thompson has served as chairman of Surrey CCC since 2011 The administrator played a pivotal role in Surrey's successes in the last decade 

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The ECB’s long search for a new chair is set to end with them naming the highly experienced Richard Thompson.

Thompson, 54, has been one of the best and most forward thinking administrators in the English game in masterminding, along with former chief executive Richard Gould, the rise and rise of Surrey to become the biggest and most successful county in English cricket.

And he decided earlier this summer the time was right for him to attempt to swap the role of chairman at the Oval for the ECB after a long and botched recruitment process following the resignation last October of Ian Watmore in light of England’s refusal to tour Pakistan.

The word is Thompson plans to be radical as ECB chair, at a pivotal time in the game's history

The word is Thompson plans to be radical as ECB chair, at a pivotal

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