ICC board passes proposals favouring "Big Three"

[Tiresais]

ICC board passes proposals favouring "Big Three"
by Reuters UK

(Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) board passed key structural and financial reforms on Saturday, effectively placing India, England and Australia in charge of the game.

Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan will consequentially chair the ICC board from July while Cricket Australia chief Wally Edwards will head a newly-formed executive committee.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting, citing need for more time to discuss the proposals, while other eight full members backed the reforms, the ICC said in a statement after the meeting in Singapore.

"The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC," the governing body's president Alan Isaac said.

The proposals had invited widespread criticism with some suggesting that the 'Big Three', who will get a major share of the revenue, will take over the sport at the expense of the other cricketing nations.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke will continue to head the finance and commercial affairs committee in the new structure.

"These roles will be for an initial two-year transitional period to 2016 only," the ICC said.

The existing Future Tours Programme paved way for "contractually binding" bilateral agreements between countries to play test matches until 2023.

The financial restructuring will see India, cricket's biggest fund generator, as well as England and Australia pocketing greater share of the ICC revenue.

"Full members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats," the governing body said.

The ICC said a test cricket fund would be introduced to help its members sustain the health of the five-day format.

"The structure of the model will ensure that none of the full members will be worse off than they are at present and - if forecasts of revenue generation prove to be correct - all will be significantly better off," the ICC added.

The proposed world test championship has been scrapped and replaced by the 50-overs Champions Trophy tournament in 2017 and 2021.

"It proved impossible to come up with a format for a four-team finals event in test cricket that fits the culture of test cricket and preserves the integrity of the format," the ICC said.

"The most recent ICC Champions Trophy event proved to be very popular with supporters around the world and the future events will build on this success."

The associate members will now get a chance to play test cricket with the champions of a lower-tier tournament taking on the lowest-ranked full member in a play-off for a shot at test status.

[Tiresais]

Looks like the WICB's position might have been taken as they knew the writing was on the wall - 8 in favour and two abstentions suggests the big three canvassed support very well, to go against that would leave you holding an empty hand.

Possible reappraisal of the President's actions?

[socafighter]

ICC MEDIA RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Singapore, 8 February 2014

 ICC Board approves changes to governance, competition and financial models of ICC
 
The ICC Board today approved a comprehensive resolution relating to the governance, competition and financial models of the ICC at a meeting in Singapore.
 
The key elements of the resolution are as follows:
 
Protecting Test cricket
 
A Test Cricket Fund will be introduced to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023. The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
 
There was also confirmation that all Full Members will enter into a series of contractually binding bi-lateral agreements as a matter of urgency so that they can confirm a comprehensive schedule of matches in a Future Tours Programme that will now be extended to 2023.
 
Breaking the glass ceiling
 
Associate Members now have a clear pathway to playing Test cricket. The winner of the next ICC Intercontinental Cup will be entitled to take part in a play-off against the bottom-ranked Full Member and, if successful, obtain Test status. This complements the pathways that are already in place for any Member to be able to qualify for the major events in ODI and T20I cricket.
 
A certain and attractive package of ICC major events
 
The World Test Championship will be replaced with an ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021.
 
It proved impossible to come up with a format for a four-team finals event in Test cricket that fits the culture of Test cricket and preserves the integrity of the format.
 
The most recent ICC Champions Trophy event proved to be very popular with supporters around the world and the future events will build on this success. It’s also an event that any ICC Member (including the top Associate Members) can aspire to qualifying for by improving their performances in ODI cricket.
 
With the ICC Champions Trophy alongside the ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 and the formats and venues already confirmed for all of these events the ICC has a really attractive package for 2015-23 to take to the market.
 
A new financial model for Full Members
 
Full Members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats.
 
This decision is the outcome of a negotiation between Members that has been required to provide long-term certainty of participation of all Members in both ICC events and bilateral series against other Members. Without that certainty, the rights for ICC events, which are to be taken to market this year, would have been significantly impacted and, by extension, so would the financial support that has driven the growth of cricket around the world.
 
The structure of the model will ensure that none of the Full Members will be worse off than they are at present and - if forecasts of revenue generation prove to be correct – all will be significantly better off. The agreement of the model has been an important part of a wider negotiation that will now provide long-term certainty of participation in ICC events by all of the Full Member teams.
 
Enhanced support for the leading Associate Members
 
Funds that will be directly distributed to Associate and Affiliate Members (AMs) will continue to grow, building on a dramatic increase in the previous cycle (2007-15) if revenue targets are achieved. There is also a commitment to continue to support tournaments for all of the AMs and a range of centralised services.
 
The planning process for the next cycle can now begin in earnest and, as part of this, there will be a review – in partnership with the AMs and their representatives – of the appropriate scope of services and tournaments and the suitability of the current scorecard distribution model of the funds.
 
N.Srinivasan from BCCI to Chair the ICC Board from mid-2014
 
The ICC Board will continue to be the primary decision-making body. From the start of July this year, the ICC Chairman will be N.Srinivasan from the BCCI.
 
A new Executive Committee will be formed to report into the Board. The initial Chair of this Executive Committee (ExCo) will be Wally Edwards from Cricket Australia while the Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) will continue to be Giles Clarke from the ECB. These roles will be for an initial two year transitional period to 2016 only.
 
Once this transitional period is completed, the Chair of the ICC Board will be elected from within the ICC Board with all Full Member Directors entitled to stand for election.
 
BCCI, CA and ECB - will be represented on both sub-committees, along with two representatives of the other Full Members (who will be elected by the Board).
 
Several of these decisions still now need to be considered and adopted by the ICC’s Full Council. The relevant resolutions will now be drafted through the appropriate committees, including the Governance Committee and the Board before being submitted for approval to Full Council.
 
A set of proposals was initially developed by the respective Chairs of BCCI, CA and ECB – N.Srinivasan, Wally Edwards and Giles Clarke before being presented to a meeting of the Full Members on 9 January.
 
These proposals were then discussed, negotiated and modified at two subsequent ICC Board meetings. A resolution was put to a vote today and supported by the required majority of the ICC Board, including eight Full Members. Two of the Full Members – Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket - abstained in the vote as they felt they needed more time to discuss the amended resolution with their respective Boards.
 
ICC President Alan Isaac said: “The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC.
 
“This decision comes after extensive discussions between Members that I helped initiate and were given impetus through a position paper presented by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and ECB in early January.
 
“Since this time a set of resolutions have been drafted, negotiated and modified – based on a set of principles agreed by the ICC Board on 28 January – and finalized at the meeting today. There were eight Full Members who were in a position to support the resolution today and the two who abstained have pledged to further discuss the issues with an aim to reaching unanimous approval over the coming weeks.”
 
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “We now have clear direction from the Board and it is our job to implement the approved resolution.”

 
The ICC Board consists of the chairman or president from each of the 10 Full Members plus three elected Associate Member representatives. Also present at ICC Board meetings is the ICC President, who chairs proceedings, the ICC Chief Executive and the ICC Vice-President.

 

Alan Isaac                                                       ICC President

Mustafa Kamal                                               ICC Vice-President

David Richardson                                           ICC Chief Executive

 

Zaka Ashraf                                                    Pakistan

Peter Chingoka                                               Zimbabwe

Giles Clarke                                                    England and Wales

Wally Edwards                                               Australia

Nazmul Hassan                                               Bangladesh

Imran Khwaja                                                 Associate Member Representative

Emmanuel Nanthar *                                      West Indies

Chris Nenzani                                                 South Africa

Keith Oliver                                                    Associate Member Representative

Nishantha Ranatunga *                                   Sri Lanka

Martin Snedden                                               New Zealand

Neil Speight                                                    Associate Member Representative

Narayanaswami Srinivasan                             India

* as alternate

[Tiresais]

Thoughts Socafighter? Looks like there's a commitment to funnel funds to the smaller nations in there, or am I reading it wrong?

[socafighter]

Thoughts Socafighter? Looks like there's a commitment to funnel funds to the smaller nations in there, or am I reading it wrong?

Tire

Lots of Commitments being made here by the big 3 ..CSA I understand has a secret under the table deal.

Does that mean big 4?....

That leaves PCB and SL  out in the cold...Hmmmm??

Lets wait till the official release is sent out before commenting .

If you notice I haven't responded to the WICB president as yet ...

A Test Cricket Fund will be introduced to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023. The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Full Members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats.

Funds that will be directly distributed to Associate and Affiliate Members (AMs) will continue to grow, building on a dramatic increase in the previous cycle (2007-15) if revenue targets are achieved. There is also a commitment to continue to support tournaments for all of the AMs and a range of centralised services.

WICB member nominated is an alternate...

The words use is rather vague in this press release by the ICC.......??

Interesting times lie ahead.

[Tiresais]

Indeed - you still angry about the changes or see any positives in it?

[socafighter]

Indeed - you still angry about the changes or see any positives in it?

Tire ..

Check this out Nah... I am not angry as yet , but concerned to what West Indies are being
viewed as , for what we have done to make cricket popular . I have this feeling we are just
being regarded as an associate member and not a full member . Do we have a voice, look at
the people selected in the ICC release notes above...leads one to go Hmmmmmm.

N. Srinivasan to become first chairman as ICC Board approves changes to governance, competition and financial models
The International Cricket Council Board on Saturday approved a comprehensive resolution relating to the governance, competition and financial models of the ICC at a meeting in Singapore. BCCI president N. Srinivasan will become ICC's first chairman from July 2014.
From July this year, Board of Control for Cricket in India president N. Srinivasan will become the first chairman of the International Cricket Council as the game's governing body will see a new set of rules related to governance, competition and financial models. However, the ICC Board will continue to be the primary decision-making body.

A new Executive Committee will be formed to report into the Board. The initial Chair of this Executive Committee (ExCo) will be Wally Edwards from Cricket Australia while the Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) will continue to be Giles Clarke from the ECB. These roles will be for an initial two year transitional period to 2016 only.

Once this transitional period is completed, the Chair of the ICC Board will be elected from within the ICC Board with all Full Member Directors entitled to stand for election.

BCCI, CA and ECB - will be represented on both sub-committees, along with two representatives of the other Full Members (who will be elected by the Board).

Several of these decisions still now need to be considered and adopted by the ICC's Full Council. The relevant resolutions will now be drafted through the appropriate committees, including the Governance Committee and the Board before being submitted for approval to Full Council.

This guy worries me...I will not make any comment about him till I meet him later this year in India...
I am not sure if you read how he treated South Africa and just pushed them aside and dictated terms
to them about India's visit . He then quickly made up a West Indies Tour for India Sachin's farewell,
offering West Indies a bucket of money .

Its gonna be interesting ...

[Tiresais]

That's for sure, watch this space!

[socafighter]

WICB supports ‘saviour’ changes big Three proposals approved by ICC

Story Created: Feb 8, 2014 at 9:04 PM ECT

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has supported a new proposal from the International Cricket Council (ICC) which was approved at the Board’s meeting in Singapore on Saturday.
The revamp plans for the ICC, piloted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA), won the support of eight Full members. The cricket Boards of Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting.

Among the decisions taken were the replacement of the World Test Championships with an ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021 and greater financial recognition of Full members based on their contribution to cricket, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats.
Several of the decisions taken would have to be considered and adopted by the ICC’s Full Council but they provide a bit of relief for some member boards which expressed initial concerns on the plans.
South Africa, which had initially objected to the revamp proposals, calling them “fundamentally flawed,” decided to give support.

WICB’s vice-president Emmanuel Nanthan, who represented the regional board at yesterday’s meeting, said that the proposals will ensure that none of the Full Members will be worse off than they are at present and all will be significantly better off.
“West Indies had budgeted deficits of US$20 million and $12 million for the last two years. Over the next eight years we will have surpluses and play more regional and international cricket,” he told GrenadaSports.

“West Indies will play India, Australia and England more than we played them in the last eight years. It’s a saviour for West Indies cricket, not a let down at all,” he said.
BCCI’s president Narayanaswami Srinivasan is to become the first chairman of the ICC. His appointment is from July, 2014 as the game’s governing body will see a new set of rules related to governance, competition and financial models. However, the ICC Board will continue to be the primary decision-making body.
“A new Executive Committee will be formed to report into the Board. The initial Chair of this Executive Committee (ExCo) will be Wally Edwards from Cricket Australia while the Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) will continue to be Giles Clarke from the ECB. These roles will be for an initial two year transitional period to 2016 only. Once this transitional period is completed, the Chair of the ICC Board will be elected from within the ICC Board with all Full Member Directors entitled to stand for election,” according to an ICC statement.

“BCCI, CA and ECB - will be represented on both sub-committees, along with two representatives of the other Full Members (who will be elected by the Board).”