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The 'shambolic' meeting that cost Ian Watmore his job as ECB chairman
Attempt to explain cancelled Pakistan tour was 'without question the worst senior management performance I have witnessed' said an insider

By
Nick Hoult,
CHIEF CRICKET CORRESPONDENT
7 October 2021 • 3:31pm
Ian Watmore sacked
Watmore, left, recently presented the County Championship trophy CREDIT: GETTY

It was in a meeting room at Lord’s on the second day of the Bob Willis Trophy final last week that Ian Watmore’s fate as chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board was sealed.

The end-of-season get-together of county chairmen and chief executives was the first time they had all met in person for 18 months, since the start of the pandemic, and there were big decisions to be taken over the structure of the domestic game. The counties also wanted clarity on England’s call to pull out of the Pakistan tour because many had received angry phone calls from local Asian cricket officials who felt insulted by the cancellation, and were worried by the “optics” of the decision.

Instead, the meeting was a “shambles”, according to one source, with Watmore not in command of his brief and failing to show direction or leadership.

It ended with no agreements struck on the future of the domestic game and Watmore failing to adequately explain the decision to cancel the Pakistan tour. It was described by one person in the room as “without question the worst senior management performance I have witnessed in my career”.

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