Outcome of ICC Board Meeting in Sydney
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) two-day Board meeting concluded in Sydney on Tuesday after discussing key issues within the game
Brendan McClements
11-Oct-2005
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) two-day Board meeting concluded in Sydney on Tuesday after discussing key issues within the game.
Among the issues discussed by the meeting were:
2010 Commonwealth Games - Board asks BCCI to meet with local Organising Committee
The Board asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to meet with the local Organising Committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi to discuss cricket's participation in the event and the appropriate format.
The BCCI was asked to then come back to the Board with its recommendations concerning cricket's participation in the Games.
20/Twenty cricket - further Board discussion to follow after work from ICC's management
Initial discussion took place on the potential role of 20/Twenty cricket in the international playing calendar.
The Board viewed research from both the England & Wales Cricket Board and the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
The Board decided to ask ICC's management to conduct further work on the subject ahead of further discussions at the next Board meeting, in March 2006.
Five and six-year calendar - Encouraging progress
The Board received its first report on the practicality of and issues surrounding the replacing the current five-year international playing calendar with a six-year schedule.
The Board was encouraged by the report and asked the ICC's management to continue its work on the subject.
The matter will be discussed again at the next Board meeting, in March 2006.
Future Events - criteria for holding ICC Events agreed
A discussion took place on Events scheduled to take place following the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007.
No decision was made on awarding any event to any country or countries post-2007 and no submissions to stage any such events were received.
It was agreed that any country or countries wishing to be awarded an ICC Event would have to provide evidence of compliance in four key areas related to holding such an Event.
- Tax
- Facilities
- Visas
- Venues
A final decision on the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be taken at the Annual Conference at Lord's in June 2006.
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. The representatives at this meeting were:
Ehsan Mani (Chairman) |
ICC President |
Percy Sonn |
ICC Vice-President |
Malcolm Speed | ICC Chief Executive Officer |
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Full Members | |
Bob Merriman AM |
Australia |
Mohammad Ali Asghar MP | Bangladesh |
David Morgan |
England |
Ranbir Singh Mahendra |
India |
Sir John Anderson KBE | New Zealand |
Shaharyar Khan |
Pakistan |
Jayantha Dharmadasa |
Sri Lanka |
Ray Mali | South Africa |
Ken Gordon |
West Indies |
Peter Chingoka |
Zimbabwe |
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Associate Members |
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Stanley Perlman |
Israel |
HRH Tunku Imran |
Malaysia |
Mazhar Khan | United Arab Emirates |