GILES CLARKE’S long tenure at the England and Wales Cricket Board is likely to end next week when a restructure of the governing body is completed.

Clarke first joined the ECB as non-executive director in 2004 before succeeding David Morgan as chairman three years later. He was appointed the ECB’s first president in 2015.

But with the ECB board shrinking from 13 to 12 members and having increased diversity, Clarke is expected to stand down, along with a number of other directors, at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting.

The board will have three categories of directorship: the chair and ex-officio roles — held by the chairman, chief executive and chief financial officer — and independent non-executives and cricket non-executives.