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ECB BUDGETS 2020 - 2024

  A post on the ECB and how it spends the money receives on behalf of cricket in the UK.   In this  post  I had a moan about the lack of information in the ECB's published accounts and had a guesstimate at how the ECB might be spending its money. Well the ECB have now produced an analysis of their expenditure on cricket's behalf, you can find it  here . It's a really welcome development.  What follows is an analysis of how the ECB's figures compare to my estimates, a brief diversion into the accounting for The Hundred and some comments on how disclosure can be further improved. Sideon's estimates v ECB figures Area Estimate   ECB   £m £m Counties, boards and other 45 118 Grassroots 34 38 National Sides 42 38 The Hundred 0 39 Administration 48 40 Total 169   273 Administration as a % of total 28%   15% Differences   My estimates were pretty good, in most categories I'm within a few million of the ECB's figures. I'm way out on The Hundred and payments to