The ICC officials have been forced to look into their constitution to find out who will automatically succeed the President, who has fallen seriously ill in Cape Town.
KARACHI: The International Cricket Council officials have been forced to look into their constitution and regulations to find out who will automatically succeed President, Percy Sonn who has fallen seriously ill in Cape Town.
According to South African newspapers his personal assistant George Hector said, "Sonn is in the same condition. He is still serious, stable but unchanged."
Sonn had fallen ill after suffering from complications after being admitted to a clinic to undergo a minor colon operation.
Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that with the outlook on Sonn not bright, the ICC was now working out who would replace him immediately in case of any emergency.
"Apparently there is no mention in the ICC constitution what will happen in such a situation and there is also no elected Vice-president in the world body at the moment who can automatically take over this post in emergency," said one source.
The interesting thing is that the ICC members have even deferred a decision on the next President of the ICC who will be elected next year.
Earlier this year, the Indian board (BCCI) President, Sharad Pawar and the Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board had submitted their nominations for the prestigious post but the ICC nominations committee failed to reach a decision and kept the issue for a final decision by the executive board.
Which means that the ICC will be having the process of nominations for the President's post start afresh soon.
Sonn, 57, the former president of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCB), succeeded Ehsan Mani at the helm of the ICC in June 2006.
Brian Murgatroyd, the ICC spokesman said on Percy's illness, "This news is extremely upsetting for everyone who knows Percy, Everyone was with him at the World Cup, where he was his usual jolly self, and so to hear this less than a month later is very troubling."
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