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A plan to invest £35m of government funding into grassroots cricket to help revive the game in state schools is said to be severely under threat in Wednesday’s Budget.
A source close to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has told BBC Sport the pledge made by former prime minister Rishi Sunak in April is susceptible to fiscal cuts.
The cash injection was to be delivered over the next five years with one of the major aims to improve access to cricket for those outside of private education.
However, payments made to the ECB from that initiative were stopped shortly after July’s general election with no indication when they might restart. (BBC sport)
