Kent Cricket Board
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The Kent Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 in the historic county
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

 of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

.

From 1999 to 2004 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament.

Structure

The Board
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 is structured so there are a number of sub committees, created to ensure input to the Board Executive. These are the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee and Officiating (Umpires
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...

 and Scorer
Scorer
A scorer in the sport of cricket is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, number of overs bowled. In professional games, in compliance with the Laws of Cricket, two scorers are appointed, most often one provided by each team.The scorers have no say...

s) Committee.

The Board Executive is currently:
  • Chairman: Chris Swadkin
  • Executive Secretary: Jamie Clifford
  • Treasurer: Mike Clarke
  • Secretary: Jim Cheeseman
  • Chair of Clubs Committee: Peter Robinson
  • County Welfare Officer: Dave Nash
  • Chair of Coaching and Coaches: Peter Carter
  • Chair of High Performance Cricket: David Turner
  • Chair of Umpires and Scorers: Ken Amos
  • Chair of Women and Girls Cricket: Tony Rose, Jon Fordham
  • ECB Regional Development Manager London and East: Russell Doel

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