We are an impartial Commission that is completely independent. We operate independently of the ECB and have complete autonomy with regards to setting our terms of reference, determining our research and evidence gathering priorities and making our findings and recommendations.

Please see our About Us page detailing members of the commission.

Commissioners were appointed through an open and transparent recruitment process assisted by an external recruitment agency. Those interested were able to submit applications to be interviewed. Final decisions were made based on scores against the criteria in the recruitment brief seeking expertise in:

• Cricket
  In-depth knowledge and experience of cricket in both the men’s and women’s game and for grassroots and professional level. A detailed understanding of cricket’s organisational and governance structures, including an understanding of cricket’s diverse stakeholder landscape.
• Equality
  In-depth knowledge, experience and a track record of achievement across the full spectrum of diversity, inclusion and wider equalities, ideally with a focus on cricket or wider UK sports.
• Organisational change
  A track record of working strategically with or within complex organisations or complex situations, to develop and improve systems and processes in an equalities context.

Commissioners were shortlisted and appointed by the ICEC Chair with the assistance of an independent external panel member providing recruitment support.

The ICEC will not be able to investigate individual complaints. If you would like to make a formal complaint relating to discrimination in cricket, please contact the ECB here.

Cricket, as with all sports, should be a game that everybody can have fair access to and opportunities in. There have been a number of concerns, including allegations of racism and discrimination, raised about the game and how it is governed. There is also evidence of a lack of progression for Black and Asian players across talent pathways and limited diversity across multiple aspects of the game (i.e. leadership, coaching, umpires). The ICEC will independently seek and consider evidence on these matters and provide a safe vehicle for those involved in cricket to share their lived experiences without fear of reprisal. We will then make evidence based recommendations to the ECB about how to improve equity in cricket.

The ICEC’s Call for Evidence closed at 5pm on Wednesday 20th April. Please see our Contribute page to find out more information about our Call for Evidence. 

Evidence givers will be able to give evidence confidentially.

The ICEC will end in early 2023 and will submit our final report to the ECB containing our findings and recommendations.

The ECB has committed to giving serious consideration to the ICEC’s findings and publishing a formal response to the report. This will set out whether they have accepted the ICEC’s recommendations and will detail the actions they plan to take in response.

The decision to focus primarily on race, gender and class was taken following an initial review of available research regarding equity issues in cricket. It was also informed by a series of initial interviews with stakeholders to seek their views about the most pressing issues needing attention.

Although it remains critical to address all areas of inequity the Commission has narrowed its scope given the resources it has available and the need to complete the Commission’s work by Autumn 2022. This focus will allow the Commission to examine these areas in depth and, as a result, have the most impact across both the men’s and women’s game. Our findings will also likely have beneficial applications for advancing other marginalised groups throughout the game of cricket.