ICC Annual Conference approves expansion to 96 members
The ICC today announced the outcomes of the ICC Executive Board meeting and ICC Annual Conference that took place on 27 and 28 June at Lord's Cricket Ground.
The ICC today announced the outcomes of the ICC Executive Board meeting and ICC Annual Conference that took place on 27 and 28 June at Lord's Cricket Ground.
New members approved
The ICC Annual Conference approved applications from Jersey, Guernsey, Mali and Slovenia as Affiliate members and from Belgium, Botswana, Japan, Kuwait and Thailand to be upgraded from Affiliate to Associate status.
This takes the total membership of the ICC to 96 countries.
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Review of the structure of cricket
The ICC Executive Board approved a proposal for the staging of a Scheduling Summit to explore the detailed and practical implications of moving the Future Tours Programme from its current five year cycle to a longer cycle of home and away international fixtures.
The Summit will be held at the ICC offices in Dubai on 25 and 26 August and will be attended by representatives of all 10 Full Member countries, together with a representative of the top six Associate Members, a player representative and a delegate from the Asian Cricket Council.
Appeal process
The Board of Control for Cricket in India notified the ICC Executive Board that it intends to dispute the process that was used to deal with India captain Sourav Ganguly's appeal under the ICC Code of Conduct.
The ICC, through its President Ehsan Mani, has agreed that should the BCCI wish to take this matter further it must write to the ICC which would then refer this to the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee.
The ICC Executive Board comprises the Presidents/Chairmen or designated nominees of the 10 Test-playing nations and three representatives from ICC Associate Member countries:
Ehsan Mani (Chairman) | ICC President |
Percy Sonn | ICC Vice-President |
Malcolm Speed | ICC Chief Executive Officer |
Full Members | |
Bob Merriman AM | Australia |
Mohammad Ali Asghar MP | Bangladesh |
David Morgan | England |
Jagmohan Dalmiya | India |
Sir John Anderson KBE | New Zealand |
Shaharyar Khan | Pakistan |
Jayantha Dharmadasa | Sri Lanka |
Ray Mali | South Africa |
Edward Griffith | West Indies |
Peter Chingoka | Zimbabwe |
Associate Members | |
Stanley Perlman | Israel |
HRH Tunku Imran | Malaysia |
Mazhar Khan | United Arab Emirates |
The ICC Executive Board is the ultimate policy-making body within the ICC. Commercial matters are dealt with by the IDI Board which will meet on Wednesday 29 June in Dublin. The composition of the IDI Board is currently the same as the composition of the ICC Executive Board.
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