Strauss to leave ECB role

Agency :
Andrew Strauss is to leave his position as strategic adviser to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after his suggested reforms to the domestic calendar failed to gain the backing of English counties.

The former England captain was commissioned to conduct a high-performance review following the team’s 2021/22 Ashes rout in Australia.

His report made 17 recommendations, notably reducing the overall number of first-class and T20 Blast matches in an English season.

But his proposals sparked a backlash among county loyalists, angered at what they deemed another attempt to blame the domestic game for the national side’s latest failure in Australia.

And with most of England’s 18 first-class counties member-owned clubs, Strauss’s plan failed to gain sufficient support, with the existing schedule remaining in place.