Decision on ICC presidency policy deferred till October 2011 – Cricket News Update
The executive board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has deferred its decision over the proposed amendment in its rotational policy regarding the appointment of the governing body’s president till it next meets in October,
later this year.
The ICC Executive Board, in its discussions on Wednesday morning, decided not to forward its findings to the full council for vote on the final day of the ongoing Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ICC as it needs further deliberation.
"Matter is complex and needed further debate and discussions," said ICC in a statement on Wednesday.
In Wednesday’s session, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as anticipated, objected the proposal of scraping the rotational policy. The other ICC member board, which objected the proposal was the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Bangladesh
argued that the changes should be made after the full cycle of the rotational policy was completed in 2014.
The ICC follows a rotational system for the appointment of its president since the idea of ICC President was approved in 1996. The full member countries of the world body were divided into five pairs. The pairs are: India-Sri Lanka, Australia-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754,
Pakistan-Bangladesh, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757-Zimbabwe and West Indies-England.
Each pair is supposed to nominate its candidate for the coveted post on a rotational basis. The first ICC president, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sharadchandra-Govindrao-Pawar-c89751, is also a joint nomination of
both the countries, though both the times, the person to take over the influential role was an Indian. Between Dalmiya and Pawar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ehsan-Mani-c55791 of Pakistan and Percy Sonn of South Africa presided over the apex body.
Pawar will be succeeded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755-Bangladesh’s turn to nominate a candidate and this is the reason both PCB and BCB have shown serious concerns
over the proposal.
The proposed policy suggests that only the most meritorious candidates should take the coveted role of ICC president. A senior board member told the media reporters on Wednesday that though they support the idea of ending the rotational policy, a more careful
deliberation needs to be done when it comes to a constitutional amendment.
The term of current ICC president, Sharad Pawar, is due to end in June next year. The same year ICC will have to decide on Alan Issac’s successor and if the apex body http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 or Pakistan will assume the most
influential post in 2014.
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