Anti-doping, ICC Champions Trophy and women's cricket on agenda at ICC Cricket Committee - Management meeting in Dhaka

On-going discussions on an international Anti Doping Code for cricket, the arrangements for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 and women's cricket lead the agenda for the meeting of the ICC's Cricket Committee - Management (CC-M) taking place in Dhaka,

ICC Media Release

13-Feb-2004

ICC Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, said that the meeting will be briefed on the most recent discussions between ICC management and the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) on the issue of an Anti-Doping Code for all cricket playing nations.

"The proposal for adopting a cricket-wide anti-doping code is an important issue which impacts many of the game's stakeholders," said Mr Speed.

"For example, through FICA, we have been able to understand the concerns of the players in the countries it represents and we recently meet with WADA to discuss its approach to cricket.

"Many of our members already have their own Codes and for ICC Events such as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, Anti-Doping Codes have been put in place and proved effective.

Mr Speed stressed that no Code is being proposed at this stage and that the meeting will simply be discussing the issues relating to the introduction of an anti doping program and ICC Management's discussions with WADA.

"All countries are now looking at introducing a code covering international cricket and this meeting will be the next step as the ICC considers this issue," said Mr Speed.

The meeting will also discuss the event specific anti-doping policy that will be used for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to take place in England in September this year as well as the arrangements for the tournament.

Also up for discussion will be the proposal to integrate the administration of men's and women's cricket at the international level. Currently men's cricket is run by the ICC while women's cricket is currently administered by the International Women's Cricket Council.

The meeting will be take place at the Sheraton hotel in Dhaka.

The second day coincides with the opening round of matches of the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh and a number of the delegates will attend the home nation's opening match in Dhaka after the meeting.

CC-M is one of the key forums within the ICC and has the authority to make decisions on cricket related matters.

Broader policy making issues that come before CC-M are referred to the ICC's Executive Board for its decision with a recommendation from CC-M.

For example, the issue of England's tour to Zimbabwe will be discussed in detail at the ICC Board meeting that will take place in New Zealand in March.

CC-M is made up of the Chief Executives of the 10 Test playing countries, three representatives from the Associate level Countries and has three ICC members.

It is chaired by the ICC Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed.

The Committee comprises:


Mr Malcolm Speed         ICC CEO Chairman,
Mr Ehsan Mani            ICC President
Mr Sunil Gavaskar        Chairman Cricket Committee - Playing
Mr James Sutherland      Australia
Mr Macky Dudhia          Bangladesh
Mr Tim Lamb              England
Mr S K Nair              India
Mr Martin Snedden        New Zealand
Mr Rameez Raja           Pakistan
Mr Gerald Majola         South Africa
Mr Duleep Mendis         Sri Lanka
Mr Roger Brathwaite      West Indies
Mr Vince Hogg            Zimbabwe
Mr John Cribbin,         Associate Member Representatives
Mr Laurie Pieters,       Associate Member Representatives
Mr Stanley Perlman       Associate Member Representatives

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