ICC to review illegal deliveries process

The first meeting in the International Cricket Council's week long schedule of meetings concluded today with the Chief Executives of the Test-playing countries completing their discussions on key issues and making a number of cricket-related decisions including the decision to review the current illegal deliveries process.

The meeting of Cricket Committee - Management (CC-M) received a briefing on the status of the Global Cricket Corporation's compensation claim against the ICC following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.

This issue will now be raised for further discussion at the meeting of the Board of the ICC's commercial arm, ICC Development (International) Ltd, which will take place in Monaco on Friday 20 June.

ICC Management also initiated a discussion on the volume of cricket being played at present and the structure of the international game.

This discussion will continue at the ICC Executive Board Meeting on Thursday 19 June 2002.

In addition to these discussions the CC-M meeting took the following decisions based on the recommendations it received from the ICC committee that deals with on-field matters, Cricket Committee - Playing (CC-P).

Should the review recommend this process, it would replace the current system which sees the player initially dealt with by his Home Board and only referred to the ICC's experts if there is a second report.

The outcome of this review is expected to be presented to the next meeting of CC-M.

CC-M has asked the ICC's committee that deals with on-field issues, CC-P, review this policy at its next meeting in March/April 2004.

The meeting agreed with CC-P's view that players should be primarily responsible for the legality of their bats.

The ICC confirmed that it had recently written to bat manufacturers on the matter and the following action will be taken should a player be detected using an illegal bat:

The schedule of meetings continues tomorrow with the ICC's Associate Member countries meeting to consider a number of issues that impact on cricket in their countries and to finalise recommendations on these matters ahead of the ICC Executive Board Meeting on Wednesday.

Media Note

The International Cricket Council had two cricket-related committees that work with the ICC's primary policy making body, the ICC Executive Board and the commercial arm of the ICC, the IDI Board.

Cricket Committee - Management is chaired by ICC Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, and is made up of the senior administrator from each of the 10 Test Playing nations plus three representatives from the Associate level members.

It is responsible for the issues relating to the management of the game. It usually meets three times a year ahead of the ICC Board meeting to make decisions and formulate recommendations for the Board.

Cricket Committee - Playing is a the body responsible for on-field related matters and comprises six representatives from the Boards (five full members and one associate) and six player representatives (five from full member countries and one from the associate member countries)

It is chaired by Indian champion Sunil Gavaskar and includes former international players Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) Tim May (Australia), Angus Fraser (England), and Errol Stewart (South Africa). All members must have recent experience as international players or officials.

It meets once per year to consider on-field issues and make recommendations for the approval of CC-M.

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