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Watmore departs soon after the England men's and women's teams withdrew from limited-overs series in Pakistan scheduled for this month. Since then, positive talks have been held between England players and Cricket Australia to move the tour a step closer to being confirmed. On Monday the ECB said it will "decide whether the conditions are sufficient for the tour to go ahead and enable the selection of a squad befitting a series of this significance". The board will meet in the coming days to decide on the tour, which has been under threat because of the conditions in which it will be held as a result of coronavirus. His departure comes as the ECB prepares to meet to make a decision on whether or not England men's Ashes tour of Australia this winter will go ahead. Watmore is a former chief executive of the Football Association and senior civil servant. "Leaving now, at the end of the season, gives the board time to find a new chair to support cricket through the challenges of the 2022 season and beyond."ĭeputy chairman Barry O'Brien will step up on an interim basis but will not seek to take the post long term. "Given this, the board and I feel the ECB will be better served by a new chair to take it forward post pandemic. He added: "I was appointed to the post in a pre-pandemic era, but Covid has meant the role and its demands on time are dramatically different to all our original expectations, which has taken a personal toll on me. Watmore said: "It is with regret that I step down as chair of the ECB, but I do so in mindfulness of my own wellbeing and that of the game which I love." The ECB said he had reached a "mutual agreement" to stand down at the end of the domestic season.
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