New boss at the Rose Bowl

From November 1st 2001, Graham Walker takes over as Chief Executive of Hampshire County Cricket Club now a Limited Company. During his career in sports management he was the Football League's first marketing manager, introducing commercial sponsorship into the world of football, and more recently, was commercial and marketing director of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Graham takes over from Tony Baker, who has stepped down after 15 years in the post - a period of great change which culminated in the move to West End, a project with which he has been closely involved from the outset. However, Tony will continue to advise the club on cricketing issues in a part-time role.

Remarkably, Graham is only the fourth head of Hampshire cricket since 1946, following Desmond Eagar, Jimmy James and Tony Baker.