Five County Cricket Clubs in Danger of Funding Cuts Over Diversity Targets
7th July 2026
At least five county cricket clubs are in danger of having their funding cut because their boards are not diverse enough.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) threatened to withhold critical funding from first-class domestic cricket clubs that have not appointed an ethnically diverse director and achieved 40 per cent female representation on their boards.
The affirmative action has been described as an overreach on behalf of the national governing body, which critics say has become too powerful.