Warwickshire and Scotland all-rounder Dougie Brown has been elected as the new chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association.
Brown, who has recently returned from the World Cup with Scotland in the Caribbean, pipped fellow former England internationals Dominic Cork and Chris Adams to the PCA post.
He replaces Martyn Ball, formerly of Gloucestershire, who announced his retirement from first-class cricket in January.
Brown, 37, said: "I’m delighted that the players have chosen me to represent them as their chairman.
"It’s a great honour and I intend to continue and build on the great work already being undertaken at all levels of the PCA, both on and off the pitch."
The Stirling-born veteran had been vice-chairman of the PCA for the past five years and Warwickshire’s representative on the executive board for a decade.
PCA chief executive Richard Bevan said: "Martyn Ball has done a fantastic job for us and Dougie’s appointment is testimony to the esteem and trust placed in him by his peers.
"Dougie is a popular, thinking-man’s cricketer, with a wholehearted ‘never say die’ attitude.
"He has attributes that every cricketer can identify with and, in his role for the association over the past decade, he has shown himself to be a passionate believer in all we stand for."
Ball also supported the appointment, saying: "I have no doubt that, with Dougie’s experience of the PCA and of cricket at all levels throughout his 18-year career, he will make an exceptional player leader."
Brown began his international career with Scotland but, after England one-day selection between 1997 and 1998 — when the Sharjah tournament was won — he had to wait four years before again becoming eligible to represent the country of his birth.
He has played in 25 one-day internationals and appeared against Australia, South Africa and Holland at the World Cup.
