The ICC said it had persuaded BCCI to sign the MPA, which puts certain commercial restrictions on member countries and their players.
MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council and BCCI, at loggerheads over certain clauses in the contentious Members Participation Agreement (MPA), on Saturday resolved all their differences in this regard.
The ICC said it had persuaded BCCI to sign the MPA, which puts certain commercial restrictions on member countries and their players.
The Indian Cricket Board also withdrew its tender bid for the marketing rights for all the ICC events organised directly by the world body from 2007-2015, ICC President Percy Sonn said.
The decision was taken at a two-day meeting of the 13-member ICC Executive Board, which also lifted the life ban on Pakistan bowler Ata-ur-Rehman for match fixing imposed six years ago.
The Indian Board had earlier refused to sign the MPA claiming it would adversely affect its commercial interests and those of its players.
Sonn said the ICC had no issues with the BCCI and all pending matters vis-a-vis the MPA, which the latter had steadfastedly refused to sign, had been resolved.
An ICC source told PTI that no board had as yet signed the document and a fresh draft would be sent to all the members.
Rehman, who was banned in May 2000 by the Qayyum Commission in Pakistan, had his sanction lifted. He had sent an application to the ICC for this purpose.
"A two-member committee was appointed with former Australian captain Richie Benaud as one of the members, and its recommendation was accepted by the Board. He is now 32 and wants to play league cricket. He can play cricket anywhere from March, 2007," ICC CEO Malcolm Speed said.
The Board also decided to allow Zimbabwe to play Test cricket from November, 2007, but only after playing a specific number of longer duration matches on the domestic front.
The meeting also had a brief discussion on the ban on Pakistan speedsters Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif and felt that it had been dealt by the Pakistan Cricket Board itself.
The issue of compensation demanded by the England Cricket Board from its Pakistani counterparts for the forfeited Oval Test, running into 8 lakh pounds, would be taken up in the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee, Sonn said.
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