Clarke wins ECB chairmanship vote

---

Giles Clarke has been named the new chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board after beating Mike Soper in a second ballot by 12 votes to six, reports BBC.
The Somerset chairman succeeds David Morgan, who is taking over as president of the International Cricket Council.
Clarke, 53, and current ECB deputy chairman Soper tied in the first ballot, sharing nine votes apiece.
Former trade union leader Lord Morris had planned to stand against them to help break the deadlock but withdrew.
Clarke will serve until spring 2009 if his nomination is approved by the full membership of the ECB on 10 October.
Soper, who had been favourite to win the first vote, has quit as deputy-chairman, a post he occupied for five years.
Since the first vote, Clarke, head of the ECB marketing committee, has sealed a substantial new five-year television deal with ESPN Star Sports to allow it to show English cricket in south Asia.