‘Big Three’ to lose ICC privileges

The International Cricket Council is all set to scrap the controversial constitutional amendments, which gave executive clout and financial power to India, Australia and England, with its Shashank Manohar-led board recommending complete overhaul of the current power structure here on Thursday.

In its first meeting this year, after Mr Manohar took over as the ICC chairman, the world body’s board agreed that the current system, put in place by controversial former head N. Srinivasan, needed to be done away with. “As such, the board unanimously agreed to propose to the full council that a new chairman should be elected by the board for a two-year term commencing at the June 2016 board meeting through a secret balloting process overseen by the ICC’s independent Audit Committee chairman,” the ICC said in a statement.

“While in the office, the ICC chairman will not be allowed to hold any post with any member board and may be re-elected at the expiry of the term with a maximum limit of three terms.”

“To qualify to contest the election, it has been agreed that all nominees must be either a past or present ICC board director and should have the support of at least two full member directors.”

Further, the ICC suggested complete review of the constitutional changes made in 2014 by Mr Srinivasan.

“The Board agreed to approve changes to the terms of reference of the Finance & Commercial Affairs Committee and Executive Committee so as to remove the permanent positions for the nominees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on these committees, and to allow fair access to membership for all Full and Associate Member directors, with the sole criteria being the skill, competence and experience of the relevant director.

“To that end, the present composition of the committeeswill be reviewed in their entirety in June 2016,” an ICC release stated.