The Middlesex Cricket Club (MCC) announced on Monday that former England captain Eoin Morgan, iconic Indian women cricketer Jhulan Goswami, and Heather Knight had all joined the MCC World Cricket Committee (WCC) in advance of the committee’s meeting at Lord’s.
The three cricketers became members of the globe Cricket Council (WCC), an autonomous organization that is made up of both active and retired international cricket players, umpires, and officials from all around the globe.
Morgan, who captained England to victory in the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup, was invited to join the group. Meanwhile, Alastair Cook, another former England captain, resigned from the committee in order to focus on the remaining years of his playing career and departed the 14-person committee.
“It gives us great pleasure to announce Jhulan, Heather, and Eoin’s appointment to the World Cricket Committee. “These are three players who have excelled at the very top of the international game, and their understanding of how things are done at the highest level of cricket will be an asset to the committee,” Mike Gatting, the head of the committee, said in a statement.
“It is also important that we are growing the female representation on the committee with the growth that women’s cricket has enjoyed over the past few years,” she said. “The growth that women’s cricket has enjoyed over the past few years has been phenomenal.” Clare Connor and Suzie Bates are joined by Jhulan and Heather, all of whom are able to provide first-hand knowledge of the women’s game.
In 2017, Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladesh’s national cricket team, was invited to join the MCC’s cricket committee. After being handed a two-year suspension by the ICC in 2019, the world’s best all-rounder eventually decided to stand down from his position on the committee.