ICC Apartheid Proposal: Pakistan’s dilemma to vote or not
ICC (International Cricket Council) meet in Singapore, Eight ICC full cricket playing members except Pakistan and SriLanka voted in favour for the proposal which will see England, India & Australia dominate proceeding in International Cricket
The new proposal in cricket history has been passed at an ICC board meeting in Singapore after eight of the ten full member countries agreed to vote for “Big Three” powers while SriLanka and Pakistan taking more time to come in a decision.
The new measures agreed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) will refurbish the world’s Cricket governance, competitions and Finances.
The new measures will also create opportunities for associate members, such as Ireland, Scotland, and Afghanistan, to play test cricket with lower-ranked test playing nations.
Under the new changes, the World Cricket will see:
§ New Executive Committee: Five-man executive panel will direct The ICC board committee where India, Australia and England will occupy three permanent seats. The five-man executive committee will always be key body in decision-making process.
§ India to chair ICC board: N Srinivasan, currently the President of BCCI, will become the ICC board chairmen from July 2014. He will preside ICC board meeting over the next two years. He will also become the most powerful man in world’s cricket.
§ New model for Finance Distribution: Full members will receive financial recognition based on their performance and contribution to the World Cricket in terms of Finances, ICC history and on-filed performances.
§ Champions Trophy revived: The most wanted Champions Trophy One-Day tournament will continue from 2017 and 2021 by replacing plans for a World Test Championship.
§ Test Cricket Fund: A test-cricket fund will be created to help 10 full members to host home series until 2023.
§ Future Tour Programme(FTP): The current form of cricket tour will end with replacing Future Tour Programme. It will come into action from 2023. And the ICC's 10 full members - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe - will no longer be obliged to play each other regularly after the Future Tours Programme was scrapped in favour of bilateral agreements between nations to cover Test series between 2015 and 2023.
§ Opportunities for Associates Test-playing countries:The associates countries participate in ICC Intercontinental cup every year. The winner of that intercontinental cup will be able to play off against the lower-ranked test playing nations for wining the prize and gaining the test status. The six leading associate members - Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates - currently have one-day international status, but are not able to play Test matches. The existing full member will retain their test status and there is no chance of demotion system.
§ Three dominates: The world cricket will be dominated by the cricket board, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Cricket Australia (CA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
The current ranking of test playing full ten members:
1. South Africa
2. India
3. Australia
4. England
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka
7. West Indies
8. New Zealand
9. Zimbabwe
10. Bangladesh.
Reactions from Cricket Board:
England Cricket Board boss Giles Clarke is adamant changes are necessary and says all countries will profit financially if England, India and Australia are given more power to negotiate broadcasting and marketing deals on behalf of the ICC.
"All countries earn more through this proposal," said Clarke. "No member would earn less and, if our predictions are correct, most will earn an awful lot more. How can that be bad for cricket?"
Eight of the 10 full members voted in favour at the ICC meeting in Singapore, with Pakistan and Sri Lanka choosing to abstain.
The former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Arif Abassi, has warned that the measures could create deep divisions in the world game, and targeted India for criticism.
Abassi told Lee James on BBC Sports World: "I can't reconcile myself with what India are doing, we can't have this bulldozing from India.
"The ICC is like a company and a company needs level playing fields. This is being done at the expense of equality. This will lead to division and polarisation in the game.
"The money that comes into the game is not because of India, it's because of the overall picture of Test cricket. I cannot endorse this behaviour from India."
Cricket South Africa (CSA), who had earlier voiced concerns about the changes, stressed that the agreement reached by the ICC is a work in progress.
"Nothing in life is perfect," commented CSA President and chairman, Chris Nenzani in a statement on the CSA official website. "All countries, including the so-called 'Big Three', have had to rethink and make concessions.
(Source:BBC Sports and the times of India)
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