ICC President calls Board meeting for Wednesday 6 August to discuss implications of timing of Champions League T20 tournament
ICC President David Morgan has called a meeting of the ICC Board for Wednesday 6 August, it was confirmed today.
The meeting, which will take place by telephone hook-up, has been called to consider the implications of the recent announcement of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
The proposed start date of 29 September is the scheduled reserve day of the final of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan.
An ICC spokesman said: “All our directors are committed to the principle of the primacy of ICC events and every one of them wants the ICC Champions Trophy to be a successful, premium-quality tournament. On that basis the directors will consider whether, and if so how, the Champions League will impact on that desired outcome, given its proposed start date of 29 September, the reserve day of the ICC Champions Trophy final.”
The ICC Board consists of the Chairman or President from each of the 10 Full Members plus three Associate Member representatives. Also present at ICC Board meetings is the ICC President, who chairs proceedings, the ICC Chief Executive Officer and the ICC Vice-President. The directors are as follows:
David Morgan OBE ICC President
Sharad Pawar ICC Vice-President
Haroon Lorgat ICC Chief Executive Officer
Creagh O’Connor Australia
Major General Sina Ibn Jamali Bangladesh
Giles Clarke England
Mr Shashank Manohar India
Sir John Anderson KBE New Zealand
Dr Nasim Ashraf Pakistan
Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka
Norman Arendse South Africa
Dr Julian Hunte OBE West Indies
Peter Chingoka Zimbabwe
Associate Member Representatives
Neil Speight Bermuda
Samir Inamdar Kenya
Imran Khawaja Singapore
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