Sourav Ganguly replaces Anil Kumble as ICC Cricket’s Committee chairman

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been appointed because the Chairman of the ICC males’s Cricket Committee, the sport’s governing physique mentioned on Wednesday.
Ganguly will change fellow Indian Anil Kumble, who stepped down after serving a most of three, three-year phrases.
“I am delighted to welcome Sourav to the position of Chair of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee,” ICC Chair Greg Barclay mentioned in a launch.
“His expertise as one of many world’s greatest gamers and latterly as an administrator will assist us form our cricketing choices shifting ahead.
“I would also like to thank Anil for his outstanding leadership over the last nine years which has included improving the international game through more regular and consistent application of DRS and a robust process for addressing suspect bowling actions.”
The Board additionally authorized that first-class standing and checklist A classification might be utilized to girls’s cricket to align with the boys’s sport and utilized retrospectively.
Going ahead the ICC Women’s Committee might be generally known as the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee and can assume all resolution making accountability for ladies’s cricket reporting on to the CEC.
Johnny Grave, CEO of Cricket West Indies has been appointed to the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee.
Ramiz Raja a part of ICC working group fashioned to overview cricket in Afghanistan
Ramiz Raja is the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. (File)
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raja might be part of the ICC Working Group appointed by the sport’s governing physique to overview the standing of cricket in Afghanistan in mild of the current political developments within the nation.
The group, comprising Imran Khwaja (Chair), Ross McCollum, Lawson Naidoo and Raja, will report again to the ICC Board over the approaching months.
Afghanistan cricket was plunged into uncertainty because of the drastic modifications within the political panorama following the takeover of the nation by the Taliban.
Taliban’s opposition to girls’s cricket additionally led to the postponement of the one-off Test of the boys’s group towards Australia.
ICC Chair Greg Barclay mentioned: “The ICC Board is dedicated to persevering with to help Afghanistan Cricket to develop each males’s and girls’s cricket shifting ahead.
“We believe the most effective way for this to happen will be to support our members in their efforts to achieve this through its relationship with the new government.”
Afghanistan, nevertheless, fought towards all odds and grabbed a spot within the Super 12s for the 2022 T20 World Cup after successful two video games out of 5 within the recently-concluded editions of the ICC occasion.
“Cricket is fortunate to be in the position to influence positive change in Afghanistan with the national men’s team a source of great pride and unity in a country with a young population that has experienced more upheaval and change than most,” Barclay mentioned.

“We should protect that status and continue to try to influence change through the ACB but will continue to closely monitor the situation and take any decisions accordingly.”
In different updates, the ICC Board determined to proceed “the ICC World Test Championship in its current form of a nine-team league over a two-year period with a final between the top two teams at the conclusion.”
The Board has additionally accepted Chief Executives’ Committee’s suggestion that the first avenue for qualification for the occasion is predicated on rankings at a pre-determined cutoff date with the ten highest-ranked groups on the ODI Rankings qualifying mechanically, and the rest being decided by way of a world qualifier.”