Downton gets top job in England reshuffle

Former England wicketkeeper Paul Downton has been named as the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new managing director.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board has also announced James Whitaker will replace Geoff Miller as chairman of selectors.

Former England all-rounder Miller, 61, took over from David Graveney as England’s principal selector in January 2008. Since then England have been ranked as the world’s top side and won three successive Ashes series.

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Ex-Leicestershire batsman Whitaker, 51, who played one Test in 1986, will take over in January having been on the selection panel for the past five years.

The changes at the top of the ECB have also seen the appointment of Downton as successor to Hugh Morris, who is leaving the organisation to take up the role of chief executive at Glamorgan, the county he played for.

Downton, 56, played 30 Tests and 28 one-day internationals from 1981-88 and won six County Championships during his career with Kent and Middlesex.

He also played in two Ashes-winning series and a World Cup final before retiring in 1991.

England batsman Eoin Morgan has signed with Sydney Thunder for this winter’s Big Bash League in Australia. Morgan was not selected in England’s Ashes squad.

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