Cricket-Andrew to join ECB board as director of professional game

Cricket - Friendly Match - Sussex v New Zealanders - County Ground, Hove, Britain - May 20, 2022 Sussex County Cricket Club chief executive Rob Andrew at the ground after play abandoned Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former England rugby union player and Sussex County Cricket Club chief executive Rob Andrew has been appointed as England's managing director of professional cricket, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Friday.

Andrew, who was also Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons and Director of Professional Rugby at the Rugby Football Union, will have the responsibility of "growing and nurturing" men's and women's domestic cricket.