Another issue that might just come up for discussion is proposing BCCI president N Srinivasan’s name as the first chairman of the International Cricket Council although his name needs to be passed at a governing body meeting. ‘The meeting has been summoned to apprise and get the working committee’s nod for pushing BCCI’s case of getting more revenue from ICC’s earnings as bulk of it is generated by the Indian cricket board,’ BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said on Monday.
BCCI president N Srinivasan during the end of last year had met Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards to discuss the issue of revenue sharing model and expressed his intentions about what the Indian cricket board feels on the matter. When Patel was asked whether India will push for at least 70 percent on a new profit-sharing model, the secretary replied, ‘That can’t be said at the moment. Obviously that’s one of the revenue models but there are a few alternative profit-sharing models also which we would be looking at. Basically, we will have a discussion on all aspects and look at the best possible solution’.
It is already known that BCCI president has promised that all the affiliated units will be getting a bigger share of the booty and the decision to push for greater pie was expected to be unanimous.
As far as Srinivasan’s name being pushed for ICC chairmanship, it can’t technically happen at the working committee meeting but can always come up for discussion. ‘The issue can come up for discussion at the WC meeting but it doesn’t have the powers to clear Mr Srinivasan’s name.
Obviously, he will be the unanimous choice but it would need to be cleared at a governing body meeting,’ a senior state unit office-bearer said.
The meeting in Dubai is set to feature a change in ICC set-up with BCCI, ECB and CA gaining more control than the other units in every aspect of parent body’s functioning.
PCB to oppose change in icc governance rule
Karachi: Miffed with the changes being proposed in the ICC’s administrative structure, the Pakistan Cricket Board said it will oppose any overhaul that will cede executive decision-making to India, Australia and England. A draft proposal on these lines will be presented to the ICC Executive Board during its quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29. A member of the PCB governing board told PTI that at the meeting held on Saturday in Lahore, the members had made it clear to reinstated Chairman Zaka Ashraf that the draft proposal should be opposed strongly at the ICC meeting.
‘The governing board was firm that this was a very sensitive issue for Pakistan and the PCB should go to the ICC meeting well prepared to give strong arguments against the proposed changes,’ the member said. ‘The governing board made it clear that the draft proposal basically would divide the world cricket order and Pakistan should not accept any position in the lower tier,’ he added.
He said the governing board has authorised Ashraf to use all possible means to convince the ICC against going ahead with the changes. Another source disclosed that the Chairman had been asked to contact the other Boards which will be affected by the proposed changes and ensure a unified stance at the ICC meeting.
‘The PCB chief has been advised to form a unified stance on the matter with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies before the ICC meeting,’ he informed.
NZC back ICC changes
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has backed the proposed changes in the ICC’s administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in the hands of India, Australia and England, despite facing severe criticism from the country’s players’ association.
The New Zealand Players’ Association has described the draft proposal of this plan, which will be presented to the ICC Executive Board during its quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29, as ‘scheming’ by India, Australia and England.
The proposal, drafted by a ‘working group’ of the ICC’s Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee, in which the BCCI, CA and ECB are key members, recommends wide-ranging changes in the ICC’s revenue distribution model, administrative structures and the Future Tours Programme.
It questions the relevance of Test rankings and suggests the reinstatement of the Champions Trophy over the World Test Championship. And almost every recommendation of the ‘position paper’ gives a larger share of control over world cricket to the Australian, English and Indian Cricket boards -- both in the boardroom and on the field.
NZC, however, is not complaining too much about it. In a statement by NZC board member Martin Snedden, who attended the Dubai ICC meeting where the plan was unveiled, insisted that New Zealand would not be ‘disadvantaged’ or ‘downgraded’ under the ‘changes that are currently proposed’.
BCCI president N Srinivasan during the end of last year had met Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards to discuss the issue of revenue sharing model and expressed his intentions about what the Indian cricket board feels on the matter. When Patel was asked whether India will push for at least 70 percent on a new profit-sharing model, the secretary replied, ‘That can’t be said at the moment. Obviously that’s one of the revenue models but there are a few alternative profit-sharing models also which we would be looking at. Basically, we will have a discussion on all aspects and look at the best possible solution’.
It is already known that BCCI president has promised that all the affiliated units will be getting a bigger share of the booty and the decision to push for greater pie was expected to be unanimous.
As far as Srinivasan’s name being pushed for ICC chairmanship, it can’t technically happen at the working committee meeting but can always come up for discussion. ‘The issue can come up for discussion at the WC meeting but it doesn’t have the powers to clear Mr Srinivasan’s name.
Obviously, he will be the unanimous choice but it would need to be cleared at a governing body meeting,’ a senior state unit office-bearer said.
The meeting in Dubai is set to feature a change in ICC set-up with BCCI, ECB and CA gaining more control than the other units in every aspect of parent body’s functioning.
PCB to oppose change in icc governance rule
Karachi: Miffed with the changes being proposed in the ICC’s administrative structure, the Pakistan Cricket Board said it will oppose any overhaul that will cede executive decision-making to India, Australia and England. A draft proposal on these lines will be presented to the ICC Executive Board during its quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29. A member of the PCB governing board told PTI that at the meeting held on Saturday in Lahore, the members had made it clear to reinstated Chairman Zaka Ashraf that the draft proposal should be opposed strongly at the ICC meeting.
‘The governing board was firm that this was a very sensitive issue for Pakistan and the PCB should go to the ICC meeting well prepared to give strong arguments against the proposed changes,’ the member said. ‘The governing board made it clear that the draft proposal basically would divide the world cricket order and Pakistan should not accept any position in the lower tier,’ he added.
He said the governing board has authorised Ashraf to use all possible means to convince the ICC against going ahead with the changes. Another source disclosed that the Chairman had been asked to contact the other Boards which will be affected by the proposed changes and ensure a unified stance at the ICC meeting.
‘The PCB chief has been advised to form a unified stance on the matter with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies before the ICC meeting,’ he informed.
NZC back ICC changes
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket has backed the proposed changes in the ICC’s administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in the hands of India, Australia and England, despite facing severe criticism from the country’s players’ association.
The New Zealand Players’ Association has described the draft proposal of this plan, which will be presented to the ICC Executive Board during its quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29, as ‘scheming’ by India, Australia and England.
The proposal, drafted by a ‘working group’ of the ICC’s Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee, in which the BCCI, CA and ECB are key members, recommends wide-ranging changes in the ICC’s revenue distribution model, administrative structures and the Future Tours Programme.
It questions the relevance of Test rankings and suggests the reinstatement of the Champions Trophy over the World Test Championship. And almost every recommendation of the ‘position paper’ gives a larger share of control over world cricket to the Australian, English and Indian Cricket boards -- both in the boardroom and on the field.
NZC, however, is not complaining too much about it. In a statement by NZC board member Martin Snedden, who attended the Dubai ICC meeting where the plan was unveiled, insisted that New Zealand would not be ‘disadvantaged’ or ‘downgraded’ under the ‘changes that are currently proposed’.