Richard Martin Cox (born 12 March 1963) is an English cricketer who has also worked as a coach and administrator. He played Minor Counties cricket for Herefordshire, and has served in various administrative roles, most notably as CEO of the Royal Dutch Cricket Board between 2009 and 2015. Cox returned to the UK to head up Cricket Shropshire as General Manager in April 2015. He was then recruited to the ECB as Regional Manager for the West Midlands beginning in November 2016, a position he held until December 2020. From 2021 he has been integrally involved in the development of Blind Summit Coaching Training and Management nurturing a number of projects across the game as a consultant. In the Autumn of 2022 he took on the role as Lead Officer of Herefordshire Cricket on an interim basis. Playing career Cox was born in Birmingham, and attended King Edward's School. In 1992 to 1995, he represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Trophy. In 1998, Cox also played in the latter competition for the Warwickshire Cricket Board. His club cricket was played in the Birmingham and District League, for West Bromwich Dartmouth , Harborne (2000) and Halesowen clubs. A longtime member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, Cox was a member of an MCC side that toured Gibraltar in 1993, playing a series of matches against local teams. Throughout this Cox remained an active cricketer in the Birmingham and District Premier League. During the period winning 15 titles in all whilst at West Bromwich Dartmouth and Halesowen. He also recently coached Halesowen CC to the Worcestershire County Cup and Division 1 promotion titles whilst representing Shropshire and then latterly Worcestershire in the ECB 50+ County Championships. Cox is an ECB Level 4 Coach and Mentor to coaches across the ECB Coach Development Programme. Coaching career Cox was the first ever ECB Level 4 Coach in Warwickshire whilst being a Senior Staff Coach and Educator for ECB. In 1992 he was invited to coach the Gibraltar national team, with his first major tournament in charge being the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya. He also served as Gibraltar's coach at the 1997 and 2001 editions of the ICC Trophy, as well as various European competitions. In 2001 and 2003 Gibraltar won the European Division 2 titles under Cox's tutelage. During his other coaching activities Cox's notable achievements included overseeing the production line