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ECB review Yorkshire’s £1.75m payment to CEO’s company over Hundred sale

The Guardian Sport Tuesday 23 June 2026, 11:52 UTC By Matt Hughes and Ali Martin 1 min read
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Sanjay Patel owns more than 75% of SMP73’s sharesCounty say work was done before his appointmentThe England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to review a payment of £1.75m from Yorkshire to a company controlled by their chief executive, Sanjay Patel, for consultancy work relating to the Hundred sale. The club’s 2025 accounts, which were circulated to members last month, show that Patel’s company SMP73 Ltd received a commission of £1.75m last year for “corporate broker services in...

  • Sanjay Patel owns more than 75% of SMP73’s shares

  • County say work was done before his appointment

The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to review a payment of £1.75m from Yorkshire to a company controlled by their chief executive, Sanjay Patel, for consultancy work relating to the Hundred sale.

The club’s 2025 accounts, which were circulated to members last month, show that Patel’s company SMP73 Ltd received a commission of £1.75m last year for “corporate broker services in connection with the sale of Northern Superchargers Limited”. Patel was one of the key architects of the Hundred in his previous role at the ECB and was among a small group of executives who received bonuses worth a combined £2.1m in 2022.

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ECB (ORG) Yorkshire (LOCATION) CEO (ORG) Sanjay Patel (PERSON) England (LOCATION) Wales Cricket Board (ORG) Patel (PERSON) Northern Superchargers Limited (ORG)
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