ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and Wednesday

ICC MEDIA RELEASE
Dubai , 17 February 2008

Discussions to include format of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Future Tours Program; increased use of technology and IPL

The ICC Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) will meet in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 February. The two-day meeting will discuss a range of issues relating to the playing and business of cricket, some of which will be considered by the ICC Board when it next meets, in March. Among the items on the agenda for the meeting are the following:

ICC CWC 2011 format:

CEC will review potential formats for the event and will make a recommendation to the IDI Board for approval. The proposed formats include 14 and 16 team options, all of which are capable of being played over a shorter duration than the 2007 event.

Scheduling Summit:

The CEC meeting will follow a Scheduling Summit also in Kuala Lumpur which has been called to review the draft international programme for the period post 2012. Tour programming of four, five and six year cycles will be under consideration.

CEC is to provide ICC management with feedback and comment on the proposed programmes and, any recommendations will then be reviewed by the ICC Board.

Technology:

CEC will review a proposal prepared by ICC management on the use of technology in decision-making. The proposal has been produced following directions from the ICC Cricket Committee and suggests the trialling of an “umpire decision review system” during the England v South Africa Test series to be played in England in July/August 2008.

According to the proposal, the captain of the fielding team or the batsman, as the case may be, will be entitled to a limited number of occasions to request the on-field umpire to review his decision in consultation with the TV umpire.

CEC will review this proposal and make a recommendation to the ICC Board. If the trial is given the go-ahead by the Board, the final playing conditions will be developed in consultation with the ICC Cricket Committee.
CEC will also discuss a range of issues arising out of the Indian Premier League and Indian Cricket League.
CEC comprises the Chief Executives or their equivalent of the 10 ICC Full Members and three representatives from ICC Associate Members. It is chaired by the ICC's Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee will also be in attendance.

ICC Chief Executives' Committee

Malcolm Speed
ICC Chief Executive Officer
David Morgan
ICC President-Elect
Sunil Gavaskar

Chairman - Cricket Committee


Full Members

James Sutherland
Australia
Nizam Chowdhury
Bangladesh
David Collier
England
Niranjan Shah
India
Justin Vaughan
New Zealand
Shafqat Naghmi
Pakistan
Duleep Mendis
Sri Lanka
Gerald Majola
South Africa
Dr Donald Peters
West Indies
Ozias Bvute
Zimbabwe

Associate Members

Samir Inamdar
Kenya
John Cribbin
Hong Kong
Laurie Pieters
Namibia