Mens high performance review report

SEPTEMBER 2022 OUR PROPOSED ACTIONS · We recommend that from 2025 a significant proportion of the funding that ECB distributes to counties via the County Partnership Agreement should be performance related, based on an agreed set of metrics on the levels of contribution to the broader strategy OUR RATIONALE To truly develop an aligned performance system, it is important that county organisations are incentivised and rewarded for providing positive contributions to the game. At the moment we could do more to reward those who are contributing to our high-performance system, and challenge those who are not providing as much impact. Currently the majority of funding is ‘core funding’ based on minimum standards. Introducing greater performance-related distributions will drive greater alignment throughout the county system on the goals we are seeking to achieve while ensuring that FCCs retain strategic freedom to define and pursue their own purpose/path, and maximising what they are good at. These metrics could include contributing to the development of professional and England cricketers and winning on the field. Note: While this review is focused on achieving success in the high-performance system, we also believe that the concept behind impact-based reward is one that the game is looking to adopt across other elements of cricket where an aligned, collective approach is desired. E.g. delivering cricket’s Inspiring Generations strategy, transforming cricket’s approach to EDI RECOMMENDATION: 5 REWARD PERFORMANCE IMPACT HIGH-PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF MEN’S CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND WALES “We could do more to reward those who are contributing to our high-performance system. Introducing greater performance-related distributions will drive greater alignment while ensuring that FCCs retain strategic freedom to define and pursue their own path, and maximising what they are good at” 15