‘No progress’: county cricket clubs criticised for continued lack of diversity

The State of Equity Report does note, however, that significant progress has been made in broadening access to county talent pathways. Photograph: John Walton/PA

The 18 first-class counties have been criticised by the England and Wales Cricket Board for failing to make any progress in increasing the ethnic and gender diversity of their senior leadership.

The State of Equity in Cricket Report published on Thursday, which was first commissioned in the wake of the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal, shows that minority ethnic and female representation among the county chairs and chief executives has not improved since 2019 despite repeated calls for change from the ECB.