. It is very helpful to have colleagues with powerful voices in the media who can throw your name around, though clearly he does have some credentials.
My own view is we are at a watershed moment in English cricket. The vacuum at the top of the game is extraordinary. I can’t think of any point in my lifetime where there has been such a. And given where we are, are we really going to look around the room full of ex-cricketers, and say: “Why don’t you have a go?” It makes me feel uncertain about the future of English cricket.
Managing director is such a prestigious role – a hugely influential one – and cricket needs someone with the right type of qualifications and experiences. John Neal, the England and WalesBoard’s head of coach development, has always been very vocal on the benefits of crossing over from different sports and what a fresh pair of eyes could bring.
Rob Key’s experience with Sky means he understands the media landscape which is important in his new role.
I was reading about Root and conjecture over who will take over as Test captain. It was said Alastair Cook had done very little captaincy with Essex before he took over the England job and that was similar with Joe, so captaincy experience would be ideal in the next candidate. Surely the same applies to the MD role, especially as we currently have no head coach or captain. The MD needs to be someone who walks into a room and makes people sit up and take notice.
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