{
  "id": 18272826,
  "title": "I thought chairing Sussex Cricket would mean a quiet off-season. I was wrong",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/i-thought-chairing-sussex-cricket-would-mean-a-quiet-off-season-i-was",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/i-thought-chairing-sussex-cricket-would-mean-a-quiet-off-season-i-was-wrong/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ed Warner recounts the surge of responsibilities that arise when one chairmanship of Sussex Cricket concludes the County Championship season. This includes recruitment, sponsorship, strategic planning for potential drops in media rights revenue. The workload is in addition to the efforts required to navigate Sussex Cricket's \"special measures\" due to past financial mismanagement and governance issues. Despite these challenges, Sussex has welcomed new head coach Matt Walker and appointed its first female CEO, Beth Barrett-Wild, who previously served in women's cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board. The board has also appointed five new directors and plans to hire a new director of cricket, finalize player signings, and elect a new president. All these developments are taking place amidst speculation and uncertainty around the sport's future, particularly concerning the impact of the next round of TV rights deals on broadcasting revenues.",
  "summary": "Ed Warner on the deluge of work that is triggered by the end of cricket’s County Championship, from recruitment and sponsorship to strategic planning for a possible fall in media rights revenue. The sun never sets on modern day cricket. Just ask the Australian squad, five matches into a 21-Test stretch across 12 months and [...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ESPNcricinfo",
        "title": "Mark Robinson returns to Sussex as director of cricket",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/mark-robinson-returns-to-sussex-as-director-of-cricket",
        "published": "2026-11-05T11:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}