ICC Meeting: Chairman Barclay to finish his time period until October, Raja’s 4-nation event proposal unanimously rejected
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 might play an enormous function.
In one other vital 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’ll discipline a candidate for the highest publish 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 instructed PTI on situations of anonymity.
Originally, there was a chance that the renomination or nomination would have occurred within the month of June however that modified after deliberations between the member boards.
The resolution additionally helps the BCCI purchase time as they’re prone to have their AGM in September after which the composition of the nationwide dad or mum physique can be clear.
The BCCI has already appealed, in search of a a number of modifications within the Lodha Constitution which many really feel until date is virtually non-implementable.
It can 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 bold proposal of conducting a four-nation tourney comprising India, Australia, England beneath the aegis of the ICC was unanimously rejected by the omnipotent board regardless that there was a projected income of USD 750 million for 5 years.
“In any case, 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 problem 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, is likely to be pressured to tender his resignation in present political local weather.
The BCCI was at all times clear in its stand that it gained’t play four-nations with its calender choc-a-bloc and loads of bilateral commitments that have to be honoured. On high of that’s participant’s workload and psychological well being.
There had been studies that ECB’s Tom Harrison was additionally independently involved in exploring concepts of a four-nation tourney however it’s now evident that nothing of that kind occurred at board assembly.
