ICC Chief Executives' Committee recommends amendment to Law 21.3 in ICC Playing Conditions

The two-day ICC Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) meeting concluded in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, today.

The members of CEC have recommended an amendment to the ICC Playing Condition that relates to Law 21.3 ("Umpires awarding a match").

They have recommended that the final decision in relation to the termination of a match should rest with the ICC Match Referee. This recommendation will be considered by the ICC Board in South Africa in March.

The meeting also considered a range of issues relating to anti-doping. The members of the committee agreed that the ICC should take an active role in monitoring the anti-doping programs of its members.

The delegates received an update on the ICC's commercial program, including the ICC Twenty20 World Championship to be held in South Africa in September 2007.

The CEC is made up of the Chief Executives or their equivalent from all ten ICC Full Members, as well as three Associate Members, the ICC Chief Executive and President and the Chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee.

The following delegates attended the CEC meeting, held at Al Aqah Beach Resort in Fujairah:

Malcolm Speed (ICC CEO)
Percy Sonn (ICC President)
Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee)

James Sutherland (Australia)
Mahmudur Rahman (Bangladesh)
David Collier (England)
Niranjan Shah (India)
Tim Murdoch (New Zealand, for Martin Snedden)
Salim Altaf (Pakistan)
Gerald Majola (South Africa)
Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Barry Thomas (West Indies)
Ozias Bvute (Zimbabwe)

John Cribbin (Hong Kong)
Ricardo Lord (Argentina)
Laurie Pieters (Namibia)