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Year in review: 2025’s top cricket industry stories #41-#50

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Brendon McCullum alongside England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) logo

Brendon McCullum’s future under review as ECB top brass land in Sydney amid Ashes fallout

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Isa Guha holding a BBC Sport microphone with The Hundred logo during a live cricket broadcast.

Isa Guha, Barry O’Brien, Derek Brewer among cricket figures recognised in 2026 New Year’s Honours

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Logos of Oval Invincibles, Surrey County Cricket Club, Reliance Industries Limited, and MI London with a stadium background, representing the rebranding of Oval Invincibles to MI London under new ownership.

MI London: Surrey and Reliance Industries partnership ushers in new era for The Hundred

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ICC explores one-off Tests and 12-team league to overhaul World Test Championship

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Cricket’s equity journey: Progress made, but more needed says ECB’s self-reflective State of Equity report

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Week in Review: Global strategies, governance showdowns and franchise shake‑ups

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ICC and ICC World Test Championship logos with photos of cricket figures Richard Thompson, Ravi Shastri, Clive Lloyd, Todd Greenberg, Wasim Akram, and Lalchand Rajput arranged around the logos on a light blue background.

Two-tier WTC model scrapped as global opposition reshapes Test cricket’s future; ODI Super League may return

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ECB chair Richard Thompson defends broadcast model with Sky and BBC: “Fit for purpose”

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ECB Chairman warns of player burnout, calls for urgent review of cricket’s ‘unrelenting’ schedule

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