Clarke faces ECB challenge after Pietersen falloutBusinessman Jonathan Marland announced on Sunday he will stand against Giles Clarke C. Giles Clarke (born May 9, 1953 in Bristol),[1] is an English businessman and cricket enthusiast, who is currently chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board. Biography Charles Giles Clark was born in Bristol, and educated at Rugby School. for the post of England and Wales Cricket Board  The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. (ECB See electronic code book. ) chairman as the fallout from the Kevin Pietersen  This article is included in the list of featured articles.Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. saga took another twist. Former Somerset chairman Clarke, who became the head of English cricket's governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he in September 2007, is keen to serve a second two-year term in office when his current spell expires on March 31. But Marland, 52, a member of the British House of Lords Noun 1. British House of Lords - the upper house of the British parliament House of Lords house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses" British Parliament - the British legislative body , who was also the treasurer of Britain's main opposition Conservative party from 2003 to 2007, has thrown his hat into the ring. The existing unhappiness in some quarters with the way the ECB was being run under Clarke's leadership intensified following the sacking this month of England coach Peter Moores For the English cricketer and cricket coach, see . Sir Peter Moores (born 9 April 1932) is a British businessman, art collector and philanthropist, a former chairman of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing business in the United Kingdom. after a clash with Pietersen which cost the star batsman his post as England captain. There were many who felt such a falling out, which came in the run-up to the team's departure for their tour of the West Indies and in an Ashes year, was entirely predictable given the personalities of the two men involved. That in turn led to a feeling, expressed by England great Geoff Boycott, that, if both Moores and Pietersen were to lose their prize positions, someone in the hierarchy who helped make the decision that brought them together as coach and captain should have gone too. Prior to that embarrassment, concerns had already been expressed about Clarke's enthusiasm for negotiations with Texan billionaire Allen Stanford, which led to England's ill-fated participation in last year's winner-takes-all Stanford Twenty20 tournament in Antigua. "I believe it is vital for English cricket in its current situation to have a contest for the chairmanship of the ECB," Marland said. "There are deep schisms within the game which need to be healed, and I believe I can be a unifying candidate. "The image of our game has been very badly damaged during Giles Clarke's time at the helm and the Stanford and Moores/Pietersen affairs of recent months have highlighted both errors of judgement and management failures." Once nominations for the post have been accepted, the ECB have 48 hours to call an election, which must take place within two weeks. The 18 first-class counties, plus MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. , will be balloted with 10 votes required to win the election outright. 
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