Yorkshire's Graves is unanimous choice for ECB role
Colin Graves has received the sole nomination for the post of England and Wales Cricket Board chairman.
The businessman, who was nominated by the 18 first-class counties and the MCC, has been executive chairman of Yorkshire since 2012 and was elected deputy chairman of the ECB the following year.
Graves said: "I am most grateful and honoured to have been nominated by the First Class Counties and the MCC for the role of ECB chairman.
"I am especially grateful to Chris Grant of Derbyshire CCC for proposing me; and to Clive Leach of Durham CCC and Norman Gascoigne of Warwickshire CCC for seconding me."
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