To make our EDI vision a reality, we need diverse teams all at levels to recognise and address opportunities as well as break down barriers. We also need environments where everyone feels welcome and supported to contribute and grow their career in cricket.
A range of efforts are underway to enhance EDI in our workplaces. EDI education is happening through mandatory learning modules as well as through videos, resource links, blogs and webinars on our EDI Content Hub to keep our people up to date on key topics. We regularly review our people policies and processes to ensure they are fair and equitable while ways of working and societal expectations continue to shift. A number of inclusive initiatives are in place to support progression, like our FLEX (Future Leaders Experience) talent programme designed to provide senior leadership with the support they need to be inclusive leaders, equipped to deliver ECB priorities and navigate change, and to develop future leaders.
We are working on improving representation across a spectrum of diverse attributes. There are currently representation targets in place for gender and ethnicity to achieve 50% female representation and 20% ethnic minority representation for the ECB Board, the Executive Team, the Leaders’ Group and the ECB workforce overall as separate populations by 2025.
We measure our performance against our representation and inclusion ambitions with a regular cricket-wide census.
Representation (as at Nov 2022):
Area |
% female |
% ethnic minority |
ECB Board |
36% |
18% |
Executive Team |
30% |
30% |
Leaders’ Group |
41% |
5% |
ECB Workforce |
35% |
12% |
Ethnic Group |
% of total workforce |
White |
80% |
Asian |
8% |
Mixed Heritage |
2% |
Black |
2% |
Other |
1% |
Unknown |
7% |
|
% of total workforce |
Have a disability or long-term illness |
5% |
Are Religious |
50% |
LGBTQ+ |
6% |
Went to independent school |
20% |
Carers |
11% |
Neurodiverse |
1% |
ECB Employee Sentiment (as at Nov 2022):
Sentiment Statement |
% of respondents who strongly agree or agree |
“I feel welcome, included, and like I belong at the organisation I work for.” |
80% (up from 70% in 2021) |
“The organisation I work at is inclusive.” |
77% (up from 49% in 2021) |
Gender Pay Gap
Ordinary Gender Pay Gap (Excluding Players)
Year |
Mean Pay Gap |
Median Pay Gap |
2021 |
18.8% |
25.5% |
2020 |
25.2% |
14.7% |
2019 |
32.2% |
16.6% |
The overall driver of our gender pay gap is the proportion of men and women in the most senior and highly paid roles. As a result of our actions around building diverse teams, we expect to see pay gap improvements in the coming years. More information on our gender pay gaps is included in Gender Pay Gap Results 2019-2021.
Careers in cricket
Cricket offers a vast range of employment opportunities across England and Wales, and we want to ensure that the people who work within the ECB and throughout the cricket network reflect the communities that we serve. To achieve this we have reviewed and revised recruitment policies to ensure rigour, fairness and consistency. To learn more about what we do, how we support our people and to apply for opportunities in cricket using our anonymised, unbiased recruitment platform, please visit our careers site.
Who we work with
We work with a number of organisations both internally and across the game to understand, share or benchmark EDI best practices. These organisations also help us amplify the impact of the work we do across the wide range of people we engage with.
Some of the organisations we work with and their initiatives include:
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30% Club and Mission INCLUDE cross-company mentoring
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UK Government Disability Confident Employer scheme
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Stonewall Rainbow Laces campaign
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Kick It Out
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Sporting Equals Race Representation Index
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Nujum Sports
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Inclusive Employers