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Int'l Cricket Council Set For Reform To End Dominance Of Cricket's 'Big Three'

The Int'l Cricket Council is set to "partially scrap the controversial restructure" made to its governance two years ago in order to prevent the body from being "bullied" by cricket’s dominant nations, according to the LONDON TIMES. The national boards of England, India and Australia -- known as the "big three" -- were responsible for a radical overhaul of the world governing body, which included increased shares of global revenue for all three and powerful positions on a newly-formed exec committee. But while Board of Control for Cricket in India President N. Srinivasan "helped to force through those changes," becoming the all-powerful ICC chairman in the process, his successor in both posts, Shashank Manohar, said last November, "I don’t agree with the three major countries bullying the ICC." The outcome of a meeting this week "is to remove the big three from permanent positions on the executive committee as well as the finance and commercial affairs committee, while also installing an independent ICC chairman free of ties to a member board." Manohar "will lead a five-member steering group which will recommend proposed changes at the ICC’s annual conference in June this year" (LONDON TIMES, 2/4).

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: In London, Nick Hoult wrote the election for the new chairman "will be held via a secret ballot at the ICC’s annual general meeting in Edinburgh from June 27-July 2." Manohar confirmed the new chairman "will not be allowed to hold any office with a member board." England & Wales Cricket Board President Giles Clarke "is expected to stand and his hopes of winning were boosted when it was announced candidates must be current or former members of the ICC board, drastically cutting down the field of rivals." If he does decide to stand, Manohar "will almost certainly be re-elected having agreed to redress the balance of power that alienated the smaller nations" (TELEGRAPH, 2/4). THE HINDU reported Manohar said that "the body was seeking improved governance." He said, "The decisions taken clearly reflect that we collectively want to improve the governance in a transparent manner, not only of the ICC but also the Member Boards." There "was a detailed discussion on the future structure and scheduling of international cricket, including the impact of Twenty20 leagues on the international game." This discussion "was directed towards building a clearer cricket calendar with greater context, being underpinned by an appropriate funding model." The ICC "will engage with relevant stakeholders, including player representatives to prepare various cricketing models" (THE HINDU, 2/4). REUTERS' Sudipto Ganguly wrote the ICC said that its constitution "is also to be completely reviewed and all members asked to provide feedback in the next few weeks." Manohar: "No member of the ICC is bigger than the other and I am determined to make a meaningful contribution in this regard with support of all the members" (REUTERS, 2/4). The PTI reported the BCCI "received a detailed update on cricket activities" in the U.S., and approved a strategic planning framework that has been developed after wide-ranging consultation with the U.S. cricket community. In line with this strategy, a number of development and high performance activities "were approved to take place during 2016 pursuant to the 'special project' budget that the ICC has set aside to support the development of cricket" in the U.S. (PTI, 2/4).

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