POSTED: Sunday September 9th 2007
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ICC Chief Executives? Committee meeting in Johannesburg on Monday and Tuesday
Discussions to include volume of cricket, umpires? task force, report on ICC Cricket World Cup, proposals for Stanford Twenty20 event, matches in South Africa during the Apartheid era and Indian Cricket League
The ICC Chief Executives? Committee (CEC) will meet in Johannesburg on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 September.
The two-day meeting will discuss a range of issues relating to the playing and the business of cricket, some of which will be considered by the ICC Board when it next meets, in Dubai at the end of October.
Among the items on the agenda for the meeting are the following:
Volume of cricket
CEC will review a draft international programme for the period 2012 ? 2017 prepared by ICC management.
This programme was produced following direction from the ICC Board. It will seek to:
- Be fair and equitable to all sides, requiring all Full Members to play each other once at home and once away over the life cycle of the Future Tours Program (FTP)
- Introduce a limit to the numbers of Test matches, ODIs and T20I matches sides may play in any one series
- Provide for two ?icon? series, between Australia and England, and India and Pakistan, to take place every two years
- Restrict to a maximum of seven the number of Twenty20 internationals that any international side can play in a year (excluding ICC events)
- Ensure that any additional matches or series scheduled would be considered to fall outside the FTP and must have no impact on it in order to be confirmed
CEC is to provide ICC management with feedback and comment on the draft programme and, once complete, it will then be reviewed by the ICC Board, although possible implementation, if appropriate, may be delayed due to members? existing commercial arrangements.
Umpires? task force
The task force was formed following a recommendation in May by the ICC?s Cricket Committee. The purpose of the group is to enhance the already high standards of officiating.
The task force, chaired by ICC President-elect David Morgan, began its work by surveying umpires, players, member boards and the media on the current state and perceptions of umpiring.
Armed with feedback from that survey, the task force, also including ICC Manager ? Cricket David Richardson, Geoff Allardice of Cricket Australia and the ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, met in London on 6 and 7 September.
The terms of reference for the group were:
- How best to structure the Emirates Elite and International panels
- The support structures for the panel
- Umpire remuneration levels and workloads
- Policies for the selection and appointment of umpires to panels and matches, including the issue of neutrality
CEC will consider recommendations from the meeting of the task force.
ICC Cricket World Cup
CEC will consider a report from ICC management on this year?s tournament in the Caribbean.
Stanford Twenty20 event
CEC will consider its position in relation to a proposal by the Stanford Board for the Stanford Super Stars to play matches against ICC Full Members in a winner-takes-all tournament.
Status of matches in South Africa during the Apartheid era
CEC will consider the classification of matches played in South Africa during the period 1961 ? 1991 when South Africa was not an ICC member and thus, in theory, not entitled to make such classifications.
Discussion will include the status of the rebel tours to the country between 1982 and 1990.
The subject requires consideration because, although it has previously been agreed what constitutes official Test, ODI, Twenty20 international, first-class and List A status matches, matches played in South Africa during its period outside the ICC remain a grey area.
Indian Cricket League
The implications of the formation of the Indian Cricket League will be discussed.
The 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 be in attendance.
ICC Chief Executives? Committee
Malcolm Speed ICC Chief Executive Officer
Ray Mali
Sunil Gavaskar Chairman, ICC Cricket Committee
James Sutherland
Mahmudur Rehman
David Collier
Niranjan Shah
Justin Vaughan
Shafqat Naghmi Pakistan
Gerald Majola South Africa
Duleep Mendis Sri Lanka
Barry Thomas
Ozias Bvute
Warren Deutrom
John Cribbin
Laurie Pieters
After the first day of the CEC meeting, the ICC Awards 2007 will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
On the day the meeting concludes, the ICC World Twenty20 will start at The Wanderers, Johannesburg with hosts South Africa playing against the West Indies.
A total of 27 matches will take place over 14 days at three venues ? Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg ? with the final set to take place on 24 September.
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For further information, please contact:
Brian Murgatroyd (in South Africa for ICC Awards and ICC World Twenty20)
ICC Manager ? Media & Communications
Mob: +971 50 640 2534
SA mob: +27 83 257 1475
brian.murgatroyd@icc-cricket
James Fitzgerald (in South Africa for ICC Awards and ICC World Twenty20)
ICC Communications Officer
Mob: +971 50 640 1223
SA mob: +27 83 257 1546
james.fitzgerald@icc-cricket
Sami-ul-Hasan (in South Africa for ICC Awards and ICC World Twenty20)
ICC Communications Officer
Mob: +971 452 8662
SA mob: +27 83 257 1478
For the latest details of the ICC World Twenty20 South Africa 2007 visit the official tournament website http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com/
For tickets to the tournament visit www.computicket.com
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