I wrote recently about the ECB’s apparent “re-interpretation” of a couple of recommendations from the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report, Holding Up a Mirror to Cricket, 2023.
Although the “…workstream of developing early engagement programmes for November 2025 is…[still] underway…” (unpublished as of February 2025, although the Counties might, perhaps, have had sight of it), several Counties have started the recruitment process to support the Early Engagement Programmes (EEPs) called for by the ICEC Report.
Without knowing the final agreed format of the EEP, it does appear that the future County pathways that the Counties are preparing for might not be all that close to the ICEC proposals.
And that the Counties are not preparing for ICEC Recommendation 35, which calls for much enhanced State School engagement.
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