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An important responsibility is the direction of the [[English cricket team|England]] national side. The National Selector, head coach and other coaches are ECB employees. The ECB also employs the English Test match captain and other centrally contracted players, as well as being responsible for the [[National Cricket Performance Centre]], currently based at [[Loughborough University]] in Leicestershire.
The ECB is responsible for the financial direction and commercial exploitation of [[English cricket team|England]] cricket. It raises revenue from the proceeds of sales for tickets at [[One Day International]] and [[Test cricket|Test matches]] in England and Wales. The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of sponsorship and broadcasting rights, primarily in relation to the English team. The ECB's income in the 2007 calendar year was £93.0 million, up from £77.0 million in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-and-accounts-2007-2400.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-06-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003102835/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-and-accounts-2007-2400.pdf |archivedate=3 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2007 the ECB distributed £31.6 million in "fee payments" to the eighteen first class counties, or £1.75 million per team. This subsidy is an essential source of income for the counties. It also pays certain costs of the domestic cricket programme directly, including the salaries of first class umpires and the cost of temporary floodlights at county matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-finance-directors-report-1844.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221602/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-finance-directors-report-1844.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In 1998 the ECB took on responsibility for the direction of women's cricket in England and Wales from the [[Women's Cricket Association]].<ref>[http://www.ycb-yca.org.uk/a_history_of_womens_cricket.html A History of Women's Cricket] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414182701/http://www.ycb-yca.org.uk/a_history_of_womens_cricket.html |date=14 April 2009 }}</ref>
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