Morgan and Pawar released a joint statement affirming the nomination process and its rotation between member nations, which effectively confirmed Howard’s ascension to the position.
Former Australian prime minister and cricket aficionado John Howard is likely to become the International Cricket Council (ICC) vice-president following a meeting between incumbent president David Morgan and his successor Sharad Pawar at Lord’s.
Morgan and Pawar released a joint statement affirming the nomination process and its rotation between member nations, which effectively confirmed Howard’s ascension to the position, due to be finalized at the next the ICC board meeting.
“The board of the ICC had debated and approved the current nomination process for the presidency and the vice-presidency. The unanimous decision of the Board at the time was that the Presidency and the vice-presidency should be decided on a rotational basis,” The Australian Associated Press quoted the statement, as saying.
“The ICC had decided that the next vice-president would be nominated by Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket. Those two boards have been through a very thorough and robust selection process to suggest a candidate and now the ICC Board has to consider and decide on this nomination,” the statement added.
The decision comes despite mounting rumbles of discontent among some nations about whether Howard was the right man.
Zimbabwe and South Africa are understood to have expressed unhappiness about Howard’s appointment, with the latter telling Morgan that he was ignoring the sentiments of “an overwhelming” number of countries in pushing for the appointment.
Howard’s nomination was supposed to be ratified last month, but an ICC meeting did not discuss the topic because of travel problems caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption.
Under the ICC’s rotational policy, an Australasian nominee will take over the ICC vice-presidency in 2010, and ascend to the presidency in 2012.
The next ICC meeting is scheduled for Singapore in June.
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