The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have unveiled a series of sweeping measures designed to tackle the racism, sexism and classism entrenched in the game, as it vowed to “deliver meaningful change and rebuild trust among the communities we serve”.
In a scathing report published in June, the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) issued a grim assessment of the systemic discrimination rife across all levels of the game, with ECB chair Richard Thompson promising on Monday that his organisation’s response would “accelerate and intensify our work to make cricket a game for everyone”.
