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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

County chiefs slam ECB's proposed reforms as "unworkable" and raise "integrity" concerns

Sussex chair Jon Filby has branded the ECB 's proposed changes to county cricket "unworkable", while Essex chief executive John Stephenson has raised concerns about damaging the "integrity" of the County Championship.

The ECB's high performance review, which was led by former England captain Sir Andrew Strauss, laid out 17 recommendations for English cricket. These include plans to make wholesale changes to the domestic game and Filby has pinpointed two major "red flags" in the review.

Firstly, he is unhappy with plans that which would see each county play four less T20 Blast games, something which would have a major knock-on effect on clubs who do not host a Hundred franchise or Test matches.

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