The former England and Kent batter has taken the helm at what he admitted was a ‘challenging time’, with Tom Harrison saying: ‘Rob stood out in a very competitive field’
Despite the troubled landscape he finds himself parachuted into, Key said: “It is an absolute honour to take up this role. The chance to have an impact and make a difference is an opportunity given to very few and I will give it everything I have to try shape the next great era of English men’s cricket.
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