Cricket Finance Report 2026
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An in-depth annual report analysing the financial health of the domestic game in England and Wales
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The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report 2026 is the fifth in a series of reports from Leonard Curtis on the Business of Sport. Its publication follows two editions of the Leonard Curtis Rugby Finance Report, released in 2024 and 2025, the inaugural edition of the Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report, published in 2025, and the Leonard Curtis Golf Finance Report, launched in May 2026.
The Business of Sport series is led by Leonard Curtis director and former rugby union player Alex Cadwallader. Each report is produced by a team featuring sports finance academics Prof Rob Wilson and Dr Dan Plumley, and sports business journalist Jonathan Dyson.
The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report 2026
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This report has been commissioned by Leonard Curtis – a company with 30 years of restructuring and turnaround expertise. A multi-disciplinary professional services group, it has 30 regional offices across the UK and offshore, and employs over 300 people. The company specialises in restructuring and insolvency, funding, legal, M&A advisory and business services for SMEs, larger corporates and their advisers.
Leonard Curtis has a deep connection to cricket, with Iain Nairn MBE, former captain of the England Physical Disability cricket team, and David Brown, who played county cricket for Gloucestershire and Glamorgan, among its team.
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