article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton was, as one ECB board member put it, just too accident-prone for a role that has seen Paul Downton flounder in the face of the bitter fallout from an Ashes whitewash.
article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton was brave enough to make huge decisions in Paul Downton first 14 months as England’s managing director but the jury is still out on all of them at a time as the clamour for change has grown louder.
article_snippet.sent: It was Paul Downton who made the big call to sack Kevin Pietersen and reappoint Peter Moores as England coach.
article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton has left Paul Downton role as managing director of England and Wales Cricket Board .
article_snippet.sent: The move came a day ahead of an ECB board meeting that was meant to discuss the future of Paul Downton .
article_snippet.sent: Downton, a former England wicketkeeper, is appointed managing sirector of England and Wales Cricket BoardWales Cricket Board, with Paul Downton position taking effect from February 1, 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton appoints Peter Moores, who had spent the previous four seasons as head coach at Lancashire, for a second spell as England head coach.
article_snippet.sent: Downton departs as ECB managing director.
article_snippet.sent: But, most of all, it is England’s humiliating World Cup that led the 14 members of the ECB management board to unanimously back the sacking of Downton when new chief executive Tom Harrison rang the 14 members of the ECB management board on Wednesday morning.
article_snippet.sent: So acute was the embarrassment at England going out in the first round of World Cup that any hopes Downton had for an extended stay in office proved impossible.
article_snippet.sent: Downton's job description has been abolished as a result following England's dismal World Cup showing .
article_snippet.sent: Downton leaves Downton role as ECB managing director following England's shameful performance at World Cup .
article_snippet.sent: But a fall-guy was needed for the World Cup and Downton was the obvious candidate.
article_snippet.sent: Sure to follow Downton out the door .
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul Downton was swept aside as managing director on Wednesday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul Downton lost Paul Downton job following a woeful 2015 World Cup performance .
  