Dr Guy Jackson named Academy manager

The ECB have announced that Dr Guy Jackson has been appointed as the manager of the ECB Academy at Loughborough. He succeeds Nigel Laughton who has left to take up the post of Operations Director at Bath rugby club after five years at the Academy,

Jackson joins the ECB from the post of director of sports development & marketing at Loughborough University, where he has been involved in the development of the campus. He has also worked as the university's director of cricket, during which time he established the Loughborough UCCE and secured first class status for the university.

Jackson will report to, and work closely with the Academy director, Peter Moores in managing facitlies and the various programmes at Loughborough. John Carr, the ECB director of England cricket, said: "We are delighted to have recruited Guy for this important role. He is exceptionally well qualified for the job, having played a major part in the creation of the NCC at Loughborough, having managed the Loughborough [UCCE] programme and the British Universities representative side."

Jackson said: "This is an exciting opportunity and I look forward to working with Peter Moores at the National Cricket Centre. I'm a passionate believer in the Academy system and look forward to the challenge of playing a role in the evolving National Academy programme. I look forward to being part of the team."