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ECB announces 35.7 million relief package | England Cricket Board announces relief package for cricket development post COVID-19
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced a further support package of GBP 35.7 million for the enhancement of professional and recreational cricket in the country post the coronavirus pandemic. The ECB in March announced an initial interim release package of GBP 61 million.
First Class Counties and the MCC will have GBP 30.22 million on 1st August, through “early release of six months (Aug-Jan) of core payments from the County Partnership distributions to FCCs” and “early release of the remainder of The Hundred payments to FCCs and the MCC,” ECB said.
The County Cricket Boards will get the remaining 5.22 million on 1st August via early release of six months (Aug-Jan) of core payments from the County Partnership distributions to CCBs.

“It is the ECB’s responsibility to protect the whole game’s future during the financial uncertainty we face as a sport. We continue to work closely with all levels of the game to understand the challenges that are being presented and to map out a plan for the future. While I am pleased the ECB Board has been able to approve this financial support package for the remainder of this year we are still only at the beginning of addressing the impact of this crisis on cricket,” The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ECB Tom Harrison said.
“We still should not underestimate the significant financial burden that is ahead of us across all levels of the game. We must seek to reduce the cost base across the game, as we face up to the sobering reality of what lies ahead of us. The response we have seen within the game has been reassuring and I know how much a return to the field of play would mean to clubs and players of all ages across England and Wales. It remains our priority to get cricket started again this summer, from the grassroots to the elite level, and we will continue to work with Government to try and do in a way that keeps people safe but that limits the ongoing impact of this crisis on our game,” concluded Harrison.
England cricket’s next assignment is a Test series against West Indies, starting July 8. West Indies coach Phil Simmons is quietly confident that the Windies can do well.
Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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