ECB orders cricket to increase ethnic diversity in boardrooms across the sport
about 5 years in The guardian
‘We realise there is a great deal more to do,’ says ECB
Eni Aluko calls on football to follow suit in evidence to MPs
The England and Wales Cricket Board announced plans to mandate black, Asian and minority ethnic inclusion at boardroom level across the game on the same day Eni Aluko called on football to do the same in evidence to MPs.
Arguing that cricket had some “very difficult truths to face” about its lack of engagement with the African-Caribbean community, the ECB chief executive, Tom Harrison, said the ECB board, the first-class counties and county boards would be expected to introduce targets to increase ethnic diversity as “soon as possible”. Continue reading...