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Tom Harrison is stepping down from his position of CEO of the England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB), with Clare Connor to take over in an interim capacity.
Harrison, who played cricket professionally with Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, became the ECB’s CEO in January 2015, having previously been head of marketing between 2003 and 2006.
Harrison will depart in June, with managing director of women’s cricket Connor taking over on an interim basis while a long-term successor is recruited.
The news is the latest example of flux at the ECB, which is still without a permanent chair following Ian Watmore’s resignation last October, after an overhaul which has seen men’s director of cricket Ashley Giles, head coach Chris Silverwood and Test captain Joe Root all replaced since the turn of the year.
Harrison oversaw the ECB’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, though some of the goodwill he earned for his handling of that turbulent period and his own decision to take a voluntary pay cut dissipated when he accepted a large bonus earlier this year.
He and a group of senior management shared a pot worth around £2.1m based on a long-term incentive plan, drawing criticism due to the 62 redundancies made by the governing body as a result of Covid-19.
