Clarke wins ECB chairman ballot

Giles Clarke proposed as new chairman of England and Wales cricket board
Giles Clarke proposed as new chairman of England and Wales cricket board
 
 

Tuesday, 25, Sep 2007 01:40

Giles Clarke has been put forward as the new chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

The Somerset chairman has been proposed as David Morgan's successor after beating Michael Soper by 12 votes to six in a ballot of the 18 first-class counties and the MCC.

Clarke's selection will now be put to the full membership of the ECB to be endorsed.

Elections were first held this summer after it emerged Morgan was heading for the presidency of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

At an initial ballot in September Clarke and Soper were tied on nine votes each. Soper is now expected to resign his deputy chairmanship of the ECB.

Fifty-three-year-old Clarke's accession has surprised some commentators after he took the unpopular, but lucrative decision, to grant exclusive coverage of home Test series to satellite broadcasters.

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