Sharad Pawar and IS Bindra will relinquish their International Cricket Council (ICC) positions on Thursday, but India’s stranglehold over the world cricket will no way diminish.
Sharad Pawar and IS Bindra will relinquish their International Cricket Council (ICC) positions on Thursday, but India’s stranglehold over the world cricket will no way diminish. Pawar will hand over the ICC presidency to Alan Isaac of New Zealand and Bindra’s principal advisor post will cease to exist from Thursday onwards. That said, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to have its way at the ICC.
On Tuesday, the BCCI successfully stalled a motion to universalise the contentious Decision Review System (DRS) and stamped its authority. Despite most board members endorsing the video technology, the motion failed to get the required ratification. The ICC confirmed the status quo on DRS, reported by DNA on Wednesday.
“Whilst approving the recommendations of the CEC relating to the inclusion of Hot Spot cameras as part of the minimum specifications for the DRS and the amendment of the LBW protocols regarding the “margin of uncertainty”, the ICC board agreed to continue with the present arrangement where the two competing nations in a bi-lateral series decide on the use of the system,” the ICC said in a release on Wednesday.
There were discussions on the Woolf report which deals with the game’s governance and the ICC affairs, but a decision has been deferred on the matter. The Indian board had openly proclaimed its opposition to the report.
“The ICC board also agreed to continue the fruitful informal discussions surrounding the ICC independent governance review and the role of the ICC. These informal discussions will continue and a further detailed debate will take place at the ICC’s next board meeting in October in Sri Lanka,” the ICC release said.
Meanwhile, Mustafa Kamal, president of Bangladesh Cricket Board, will have to wait till October to know if he can become ICC’s vice-president. The ICC annual conference, scheduled to take place on Thursday, will decide on the creation of a paid chairman’s post, which, if approved, will be effective from 2014. An endorsement of this motion, rather amendment, will make the ICC president’s position ceremonial. Effectively, the term of the president will get reduced to one year.
The cricket committee chairman Clive Lloyd has completed his term, but the ICC does not seem to be in a hurry to find a replacement. The former West Indies captain may be asked to continue for a few months more.
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