Umpire decision review system, Future Tours Programme post-2012, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and official and unofficial cricket among the agenda items
The ICC Board will gather in Dubai on 14 and 15 October for one of the four meetings it
holds in a year.Among the main items on the agenda are the following:
Umpire decision review system
The ICC Board will review a report on the umpire decision review system, which was trialled during the Sri Lanka – India Test series earlier this year.
If it deems it appropriate, the Board will nominate four series for further trials of the system between now and the meeting of the ICC’s Cricket Committee, due to take place in April/May next year.
The idea of further trials would be to provide exposure to the system for as many match referees, umpires and players as possible ahead of a decision on whether it should be implemented permanently.
Future Tours Programme (FTP) post-2012
With the current FTP due to finish in May 2012, the ICC Board will discuss further the concept of an alternative structure to bilateral tours, including the possibility of an enhanced Test championship.
The concept is something that has been previously looked into by both the Chief Executives’ Committee and the ICC Board during meetings in Dubai in June/July and September.
It was previously agreed the key considerations for both the ICC Board and the CEC were and are:
· All three formats of international cricket should be protected and promoted with Test cricket identified as the pinnacle of the sport
· The “icon” Test series must be protected
· The ICC should look at ways of taking greater central ownership of international cricket outside its events or at least providing for more consistency in marketing/promotion
· The concept of an enhanced Test championship should be explored further
ICC Champions Trophy 2009
The ICC Chief Executive will present an option to the ICC Board on how the ICC Champions Trophy, postponed from September 2008, can be slotted into the FTP in 2009.
Official and unofficial cricket
The ICC President David Morgan will report to the ICC Board following his discussions with Subhash Chandra of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited concerning the Indian Cricket League.
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 and the ICC Vice-President, as well as, by invitation of the President, the ICC Principal Advisor.
David Morgan OBE ICC President
Sharad Pawar ICC Vice-President
Haroon Lorgat ICC Chief Executive
Creagh O’Connor Australia
Gazi Ashraf Hossain (alternate for Major General Sina Ibn Jamali)
Bangladesh
Giles Clarke England
Shashank Manohar India
Alan Isaac New Zealand
Ijaz Butt Pakistan
Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka
Logan Naidoo South Africa
Dr Julian Hunte OBE West Indies
Peter Chingoka Zimbabwe
Associate Member Representatives
Neil Speight Bermuda
Samir Inamdar Kenya
Imran Khwaja Singapore
In attendance
IS Bindra ICC Principal Advisor
ICC MEDIA RELEASE