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Budget 2024: ECB faces cuts to its $35 million pledged government funding for state schools
A plan to invest R35 million in grassroots cricket to revive the game in state schools is under serious threat in Wednesday's budget.
A source close to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has told BBC Sport that the pledge made by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in April is open to cuts.
The cash injection would take place over the next five years with one of the key objectives being to improve access to cricket for those outside private education.
However, payments to the ECB under that initiative were halted shortly after the July general election, with no indication of when they might resume.
Lisa Nandy, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, and Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock have both met with the ECB in recent weeks to discuss the future of cricket.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport declined to comment, but it is understood they plan to make further decisions on the future funding of grassroots sport following the spending review.
Government officials are also pleased with the governing body's efforts to bring the sport to the widest possible audience, in the wake of a critical report from the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket in June 2023.
But with Chancellor Rachel Reeves looking to implement tax increases and budget cuts worth €40 billion to plug a 'black hole' in public finances, the package is on course to take a hit.
The ECB has been told it will not know the full extent of the cuts until next spring, when allocations to departments are set, but government sources indicate they are prepared for a major funding setback.
At his final questions as Prime Minister as Leader of the Opposition, shortly before the Budget announcement, Sunak urged the government to “continue the ECB's new initiative to get cricket into many more state schools”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer responded that “cricket brings communities together” and noted that “it is important that children enjoy many different sports because of the skills it teaches them”.
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