Quarter of ECB employees facing redundancy amid cricket's coronavirus financial crisis

This summer's Test series against West Indies and Pakistan are being played behind closed doors
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Will Macpherson6 August 2020

Around a quarter of ECB employees are facing redundancy as cricket grapples with its financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ECB spoke with the first-class counties yesterday, revealing that a minimum deficit of £106m is expected in this financial year.

Some counties are angry with the governing body's claim yesterday that the county game represents just 1% of the ECB's value.

This leaves counties facing a potential cut in funding from the ECB and gearing up to have to make further budget cuts of their own.

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They are waiting to hear more from the ECB on the consequences of the pandemic, but it is expected that a quarter of the governing body's 379 employees will be made redundant.

This has been an expensive summer for the ECB with commercial revenue down, no fans in the ground and the need to create a biosecure bubble to make cricket safe.

The Hundred, the start of which was delayed by 12 months, is set to have budget cuts but will remain safe.

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