The ICC board on Sunday satisfied its chairman Gregor Barclay to finish his time period until finish of October earlier than the worldwide physique begins its nomination course of to discover a new chairman the place the Indian cricket board may play a large function.
In one other important improvement, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja’s proposal for a four-nation event has been unanimously rejected by the board, placing an finish to speculations of a number of India versus Pakistan matches on neural venues.
The two-day board assembly which concluded in Dubai on Sunday was a win-win one for the Indian cricket board as Barclay’s continuation until October offers it ample time to strategise whether or not it can discipline a candidate for the highest submit within the month of November.
“There has been no discussion on renomination of Barclay. But he will finish his current two year term as a chairman till end of October. So the process of nominating a new chairman only starts in November,” an ICC Board member advised PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
Basically, there was a risk that the renomination or nomination would have occurred within the month of June however that modified after deliberations between the member boards.
The determination additionally helps the BCCI purchase time as they’re more likely to have their AGM in September after which the composition of the nationwide mum or dad physique shall be clear.
The BCCI has already appealed, in search of aa few adjustments within the Lodha Constitution which many really feel until date is virtually non-implementable.
It shall be attention-grabbing to see whether or not president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah go for a cooling-off in September.
Shah’s title is doing the rounds as the subsequent chairman of ICC however there was no affirmation from both the BCCI secretary himself or sources near him about his obvious curiosity in throwing his hat within the ring.
Ramiz’s proposal shot down by board
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja’s formidable proposal of conducting a four-nation tourney comprising India, Australia, England below the aegis of the ICC was unanimously rejected by the omnipotent board despite the fact that there was a projected income of USD 750 million for 5 years.
“In any case, the ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) was against this proposal. As we know that the MPA (Members Participation Agreement) doesn’t allow any member nation to host more than tri-nation, organizing four-nation every year would have in any case devalued ICC’s own marquee events,” a board member stated.
Another delicate difficulty which board members are speaking in hushed tones is whether or not Raja will stay PCB chairman for lengthy after Imran Khan was faraway from Prime Minister’s place.
PCB chairman is a political appointee as Pakistan PMs are at all times Patron-in-chief of the board. Hence Raja, an appointee of Imran Khan, may be compelled to tender his resignation within the present political local weather.
The BCCI was at all times clear in its stand that it will not play four-nations with its calender choc-a-bloc and lots of bilateral commitments that must be honoured. On prime of that’s participant’s workload and psychological well being.
There have been stories that ECB’s Tom Harrison was additionally independently enthusiastic about exploring concepts of a four-nation tourney nevertheless it’s now evident that nothing of that kind occurred at board assembly.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
