Middlesex Ccc Chief Executive Investigated After Complaint By Staff Member

The Middlesex County Cricket Club main executive, Andrew Cornish, has taken time off of absence from nan nine pursuing an allegation of misconduct made by different personnel of staff.

The Guardian has learned that Middlesex person handed nan title complete to nan Cricket Regulator, which has launched an investigation into nan matter.

Cornish is understood to person stepped distant from nan nine 10 days ago. Middlesex declined to remark erstwhile contacted by nan Guardian, but nan club’s committee is expected to pass unit connected Monday astir Cornish’s absence.

Cornish denies immoderate inappropriate behaviour, and he has claimed to beryllium unaware of nan specifications of immoderate complaints made against him. He besides declined to remark erstwhile contacted by nan Guardian, but is understood to person told colleagues wrong cricket that he has taken immoderate clip distant from Middlesex for individual reasons.

The investigation into Cornish has travel a captious clip for Middlesex, who will meet members astatine Lord’s connected Tuesday successful a abstracted gathering for talks complete nan early of nan club. As nan Guardian revealed successful August, Middlesex have had offers from 2 world finance groups complete a backing woody that would alteration nan nine to build a imperishable location distant from Lord’s. Securing outer finance whitethorn require Middlesex to return nan nine into backstage ownership, which would request the’ support of their members successful a general ballot.

Cornish has been starring nan finance process and would ordinarily person presented nan club’s plans to members. The club’s chairman, Richard Sykes, is expected to return nan lead astatine nan members’ forum connected Tuesday.

The Cricket Regulator is an independent disciplinary and compliance assemblage that was group up by nan England and Wales Cricket Board successful 2022 aft its governance strategy was criticised by MPs pursuing complaints of racism by nan erstwhile Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq.

Middlesex person faced 2 different caller investigations from nan recently formed regulator.

In September 2023 Middlesex was fined £50,000 and fixed a suspended points conclusion by nan Cricket Discipline Commission, nan assemblage that hears cases aft charges are brought by nan regulator, aft being recovered blameworthy of spending cardinal backing allocated for grassroots programmes connected its first team.

In June 2024 nan nine was charged by nan regulator aft receiving complaints astir nan alleged behaviour of a elder personnel of staff. In November 2024 Middlesex was cleared of improper behaviour pursuing a disciplinary proceeding by nan CDC. That title is understood to person not been astir Cornish.

Cornish was appointed by Middlesex 4 years agone aft initially joining nan nine successful September 2020 arsenic a consultant. He was antecedently main executive astatine Somerset, who sacked him successful 2019 amid concerns complete nan club’s financial performance.

The Cricket Regulator declined to remark connected nan investigation into Cornish.