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Counties to vote on cricket chairman

27 January 2010

Tim O'Gorman, right, the former Derbyshire batsman, is one of two men in the running for the ECB's chairman of cricket post

The ECB will send out ballot papers on Friday January 29 for the election of a chairman of cricket to fill the board position currently held by Jack Simmons of Lancashire.

The nominations are Peter Wright, chairman of Nottinghamshire, who was proposed by Warwickshire and seconded by Surrey and Yorkshire, and Tim O'Gorman, who was proposed by Derbyshire and seconded by Kent and Leicestershire.

The ballot papers will go to the chairmen of the 18 first-class counties and MCC. The papers must be returned on or by Friday February 12.

The winner will be recommended to the 41 members of the ECB for election.