The absurd search for an ICC chief

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that Australian businessman Sir Rod Eddington has been asked to become an "independent" chairman of a committee of Australian and New Zealand representatives who will nominate either John Howard or Sir John Anderson as the next ICC vice-president.

In effect, he will decide the occupant of the most prestigious and important office in the game. It is an extraordinary state of affairs. His involvement is merely the latest aberration in an absurd episode.

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By giving an Australian the casting vote, New Zealand has acted with the generosity missing in its counterpart. As the offended party, it had every right to resent the very fact the debate is even taking place let alone that it has been stretched out interminably. Contrastingly, the unnecessary acrimony has made Cricket Australia look mean and arrogant.