Surrey County Cricket Club is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Surrey, including areas that now form South London. Teams representing the county are recorded from 1709 onwards; the current club was founded in 1845 and has held first-class status continuously since then. Surrey have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England, including every edition of the County Championship.
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial county of Greater London. The club was founded in 1864 but teams representing the county have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and the club has always held first-class status. Middlesex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
Christopher Robert Andrew is a former English rugby union player and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU.
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Somerset. Founded in 1875, Somerset was initially regarded as a minor county until official first-class status was acquired in 1895. Somerset has competed in the County Championship since 1891 and has subsequently played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team was formerly named the Somerset Sabres, but is now known only as Somerset.
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Gloucestershire. Founded in 1870, Gloucestershire have always been first-class and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club played its first senior match in 1870 and W. G. Grace was their captain. The club plays home games at the Bristol County Ground in the Bishopston area of north Bristol. A number of games are also played at the Cheltenham Cricket Festival at the College Ground, Cheltenham and matches have also been played at the Gloucester cricket festival at The King's School, Gloucester.
Ian Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth is a British businessman, who has been chairman of Vodafone and chairman and chief executive of Tesco. He is a former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, a former president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and a former Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
Sir Roy Alan Gardner is a British businessman. He is a former director of English football clubs Manchester United and Plymouth Argyle. While at Manchester United, he was involved in the sale of the club to American businessman Malcolm Glazer before resigning in protest at the sale. His time as chairman of Plymouth Argyle resulted in the club entering administration with debts of over £17 million and accusations of financial mismanagement.
Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett DL is a businessman who was the chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A businessman, over a long career he has been a director of thirteen public companies, seven of which he has chaired. He is currently chairman of Segro plc, the FTSE 100 international industrial property logistics group. He chaired Britvic plc for 12 years until September 2017. Britvic plc is the international soft drink company whose brands include Robinsons squash, J2O, Tango, Fruit Shoot, Ballygowan water and is also a bottler for PepsiCo. As chairman he led the flotation of Britvic in 2005. He was chairman of Betfair plc between 2012-16 when Betfair merged with Paddy Power plc to create Paddy Power Betfair.
The Middlesex Cricket Board was formed in 1996. It is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Middlesex.
Sir Michael Thomas Lyons, is the non-executive chairman of the English Cities Fund and Participle Ltd, and a former Chairman of the BBC Trust.
Iain David Thomas Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel, is a British businessman and a retired Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Sir Howard John Davies is a British economist and author, who is the chairman of NatWest Group and the former director of the London School of Economics.
Richard Alexander Pybus, is an English-born cricket coach.
Allan Leighton is a British businessman, chairman of The Co-operative Group since February 2015, former CEO of Asda, former chief executive of Pandora, and former non-executive chairman of the Royal Mail. He is also the co-owner of Brackley Town.
James Alexander Sutherland is an Australian former first-class cricketer and cricket administrator. He played for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and was the Chief Executive Officer of Cricket Australia, from 2001 to 2018. He was born at East Melbourne in 1965.
Jennifer Rowe is a retired British civil servant and former chief executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Donald George Wehby is a Jamaican business executive and former politician. Wehby is group chief executive officer at GraceKennedy Limited, and a former senator and cabinet minister. In September 2007, he became a senator and Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and The Public Service. On 5 October 2009, he returned to GraceKennedy Limited and became the company's group chief operating officer.
Richard Alan Gould is a British sports administrator, who since 2023 has served as CEO of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer, and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. His debut came after he had earlier that season scored an unbeaten century at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack that included David Willey in a non-first class fixture.