BCCI working committee to discuss ICC issue (17 Aug 1996)

17 August 1996

BCCI working committee to discuss ICC issue

Our Cricket Correspondent

On August 28, the working committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India will meet at Vishakapattinam. And upfront on its agenda will be the fiasco at the recent annual general meeting of the International Cricket Council at Lord`s.

BCCI secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya, one of three contenders for the post of ICC chairman, had on that occasion waltzed away with a majority of the votes, but was prevented from assuming office as the first Asian head of cricket`s apex body by what was seen as a vague interpretation of the laws governing the elections.

In the event, incumbent Sir Clyde Walcott was given a year`s extension of tenure, and the election postponed to July 1997.

The BCCI working committee will discuss the issue based on a report made by board president Inderjit Singh Bindra and secretary Dalmiya, both of whom had taken part in the ICC meet at Lord`s. Recourse to the law courts has not been ruled out, said a source within the BCCI.

The working committee`s agenda will also include the scrutiny and approval of a revised code of conduct for players. Recent upheavals, involving Test stars Vinod Kambli and Navjot Sidhu, and the installation of a new regime under skipper Sachin Tendulkar has, a board source said, prompted a review of the code that was in place till date.

The working committee will also revise rules regarding benefit matches, and work out details of the Independence Cup, an international tournament proposed to be hosted in July-August 1997 to commemorate the 50th aniversary of Indian Independence.

The committee is also slated to discuss a proposal by the Bombay Cricket Association, for the holding of an all- India tournament for players in the age group 19-22, as part of an ongoing bid to unearth young talent.

Besides these major decisions, the meeting is likely to approve a tour of England next summer by an India A side, financial help for the Andhra Cricket Association for constructing a cricket stadium in the port city of Vishakappattinam, and the granting of coverage rights for domestic cricket to TWI.

Source :: Rediff On The NeT (https://www.rediff.co.in)