Chairman leaves role after just over a year in office, Barry O’Brien steps up as interim
Ian Watmore has stood down as chair of the ECB with immediate effect after just over a year in the role.
Watmore, who experienced an almost equally brief period as chief executive of the FA just over a decade ago, is understood to have lost the confidence of the ECB board and the counties after a demanding couple of weeks which has seen England cancel their tour to Pakistan and a failure to agree on a domestic schedule for the next couple of years.
The 63-year-old, who has also recently stood down from the position of First Civil Service Commissioner, is understood to be retiring completely. Current ECB Deputy Chair, Barry O’Brien, will step up as interim Chair but has indicated to the ECB board that he will not be a candidate for the role. Instead, a process to find a successor will begin shortly.
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