BCCI President N. Srinivasan to Become International Cricket Council(ICC) Chairman Saturday Feb 08,2014

 

The International Cricket Council Board on Saturday Feb 08,2014approved a comprehensive resolution relating to the governance, competition and financial models of the ICC at a meeting in Singapore. BCCI president N. Srinivasan will become ICC's first chairman from July 2014.

 The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI)-piloted revamp plans for the International Cricket Council have finally seen the light of the day.

 Even though the cricket Boards of Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting, BCCI president N. Srinivasan mustered the support of eight Full members in Singapore on Saturday Feb 08,2014 to become the first chairman of the ICC. South Africa, which had initially objected to the revamp proposals, calling them "fundamentally flawed," finally towed India's line 

BCCI President N Srinivasan's appointment is from July 2014 as the game's Governing Body will see a new set of rules related to governance, competition and financial models. 

However, the ICC Board will continue to be the primary decision-making body.  

India, Australia and England will now become the big boys of world cricket. They will occupy the two of the most-important committees of the ICC

A new Executive Committee will be formed to report into the ICC Board.

Major Decisions Taken

Test Cricket Fund:

A Test Cricket Fund will be introduced to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023. The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except BCCI, CA and ECB.

Bi-lateral agreements:

All Full Members will enter into a series of contractually binding bi-lateral agreements as a matter of urgency so that they can confirm a comprehensive schedule of matches in a Future Tours Programme that will now be extended to 2023.

Big opportunity for Associate Members:

Associate Members now have a clear pathway to playing Test cricket. The winner of the next ICC Intercontinental Cup will be entitled to take part in a play-off against the bottom-ranked Full Member and, if successful, obtain Test status. This complements the pathways that are already in place for any Member to be able to qualify for the major events in ODI and T20I cricket.

Attractive package of major ICC events:

The World Test Championship will be replaced with an ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021. With the ICC Champions Trophy alongside the World Cup and World Twenty20 and the formats and venues already confirmed for all of these events the ICC has a really attractive package for 2015-23 to take to the market.