The former president of International Cricket Council, Ehsan Mani, has heavily criticized the Sharad Pawar-led apex body for its reported move to scrap rotation policy for the appointment of ICC presidents after 2015.
Mani questioned the idea and wanted to know the minds behind such an idea as he feared the Board of Control for Cricket in India has got some stake in the abrupt move.
"I don't know why the ICC wants to change it (the rotation system). If it is going to be changed I want to ask who are the people behind this," Mani said on Tuesday.
"Sharad Pawar's term is ending next year. The question which can be asked is that if there is anything http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 want to jump the queue and an Indian getting the ICC president's post," he added further.
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-New Zealand,
Pakistan-Bangladesh, South Africa-Zimbabwe and West Indies-England.
Each pair is supposed to nominate its candidate for the coveted post on 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/South-Africa-c757 presided the apex body.
Pawar will be succeeded by Alan Issac of New Zealand, a joint nomination of Cricket 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 reposted move and have vowed to raise the issue in the Annual General Meeting of ICC, scheduled to be held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919 on June 28.
It has also been reported that nine of the ten ICC members have already agreed on the proposal. As per ICC rules, in order to get a resolution passed, must be voted in favour by at least seven members. Mani said that if it has already been signed by nine
members, then it would be quite difficult for PCB to turn the tables around.
Article sources:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-07/top-stories/29629119_1_international-cricket-council-icc-ehsan-mani
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/pcb-slams-icc-for-change-in-rotational-policy/57943-13.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/517926.html
http://www.paktribune.com/sports/newsdetail.php?nid=9720
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