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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Matt Hughes and Ali Martin

ECB reviews Yorkshire’s £1.75m payment to CEO’s company over Hundred sale

Yorkshire take on Surrey in a County Championship match at Headingley
Yorkshire received about £60m from the £100m sale of Northern Superchargers to the Sun Group last year. Photograph: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com/Shutterstock

The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to review a payment of £1.75m from Yorkshire to a company controlled by the club’s chief executive, Sanjay Patel, for ­consultancy work relating to the Hundred sale.

The club’s 2025 accounts, which were circulated to members last month, show that Patel’s company SMP73 Ltd received a commission of £1.75m last year for “corporate broker services in connection with the sale of Northern Superchargers Limited”. Patel was one of the key architects of the Hundred in his previous role at the ECB and was among a small group of executives who received bonuses worth a combined £2.1m in 2022.

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