Warwickshire CEO Stuart Cain needs ‘significant’ exhibition event at Edgbaston

Stuart Cain

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Stuart Cain has been chief executive at Warwickshire since August 2020

Warwickshire want to host an exhibition tournament at Edgbaston to “reflect the communities” in Birmingham, according to chief executive Stuart Cain.

He said plans have not been made but it could see the Birmingham Bears playing against overseas T20 franchises.

“There’s 48 different communities represented in Birmingham. And we’ve got to try to make cricket as relevant to as many as possible,” Cain said.

“In a city area, we have a particular profile that we need to try to reach.”

Speaking to the BBC Stumped podcast, Cain mentioned Caribbean Premier League side Barbados Tridents, Pakistan Super League franchise Karachi Kings and Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals as examples of sides who could take on the Bears in a weekend-long tournament.

But he said it would need to be done “in conjunction with the England and Wales Cricket Board” and not to the “detriment of the wider game”.

“That to us would be a great…

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