Kenya appoints Merriman to review constitution

Bob Merriman: on a six-man committee © Getty Images

Bob Merriman, the Australian board chairman, has been appointed by the Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) as one of six people charged with a review of its constitution.

The committee will start work next week, but Merriman, who will also represent the ICC, will not be available until October.

The KCA has been embroiled in disputes with its own membership for some time, and annual elections have repeatedly been delayed because of pending legal action. "Times have changed," said Sammy Obingo, the board's general manager. "We need to get recommendations from the members of the public to help us move forward."

Obingo was appointed to his role earlier this summer after Ehsan Mani, the ICC's president, told the KCA that it had to start addressing domestic conflict.

Reports said that officials hoped the new constitution would be ready by the end of the year and that fresh elections would follow. But the timing of the voting is still subject to a hearing disputing the legality of the establishment of new provincial associations. That case is not due back in court until mid October.