Northamptonshire’s new chief executive, David Smith, is also concerned that county chief executives will be presented with “a fait accompli” when they meet ECB officials at Lord’s on Jan 23.
“It’s difficult to make any sensible comment about a report that few people have seen,” Smith said. “You would expect us to be given the chance for a constructive debate before any changes are made.
"At the moment we have a championship structure of 16 four-day matches, two divisions and promotion and relegation that has produced a Test team that is No 1 in the world. It works so why change it?”
The ECB’s own cricket committee have also not debated Morgan’s detailed findings. Morgan attended the committee’s last meeting before Christmas but Telegraph Sport understands that he did not divulge the contents of his interim report.
Morgan was initially tasked with leading a review into the business of county cricket when he was appointed by the ECB last year but his report has metamorphosed into another domestic structure review, revisiting some old ideas that were rejected by counties less than a year ago.
The ECB declined to comment on the reasons why Morgan’s report has not been made widely available or to speculate on the likely outcome of today’s meeting.
The sole dissenting voice at the meeting is likely to be Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves, who believes that Morgan’s recommendations are not radical enough. Graves, an ECB board member, wants the number of first-class counties to be increased and the County Championship to be split into three divisions.
