ICC receives two nominations for the post of next President

David Morgan and Sharad Pawar © Getty Images

The nominations deadline for the post of next ICC President passed on 31 December and the ICC can confirm that it has received two candidates for the position.

Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board David Morgan and President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Sharad Pawar have been nominated to succeed current ICC President Percy Sonn when his term ends.

A new system for appointing the ICC President was put in place in June 2005. A Nominations Committee was appointed and will shortly meet to consider the nominations and then make its recommendation to the next ICC Executive Board meeting in March 2007.

The Board will, in turn, make its recommendation to the ICC Annual Conference in London next June where voting will take place. In order for a candidate to be successfully voted in as ICC President, he must secure support from two-thirds of the ten Full Members at Annual Conference.

The ICC Nominations Committee consists of Dr AC Muttiah (India and Sri Lanka), Bob Merriman (Australia and New Zealand), Mueen Afzal (Bangladesh and Pakistan), Stephen Camacho (West Indies and England), John Blair (South Africa and Zimbabwe) and Imran Khwaja (Associates and Affiliates).

"This is the first time this method of selecting the ICC President has been employed," said Dr Muttiah, chairman of the ICC Nominations Committee.

"It is a fair and transparent process and one that we believe will ensure the most suitable candidate gets the job," he said.

Current ICC President Mr Sonn began his two-year term at the ICC Annual Conference in 2006. The Board has the option of extending Mr Sonn's term to a third year. If not, his successor will take office at Annual Conference 2008.