CRICKET: Tikolo speaks for associate countries in Dubai ICC meeting
Kenya’s prolific batsman and national cricket team skipper Steve Tikolo has returned from Dubai, where he represented associate members of the International Cricket Council in a two-day meeting that ended on Tuesday.“I attending such a meeting for the first time and I was well received. Everybody made me feel at home. It was a privilege for me and Kenya as a country,” said Tikolo.
According to a press release by the ICC, the cricket committee held a lengthy debate about the current changing cricket landscape.There are now three viable forms of the game at international level, Tests, one day internationals and Twenty20.
The committee agreed that there was a strong need to identify and maintain a balance between the three formats so that all of them could continue to thrive.The committee identified Test cricket as the pinnacle of the sport and expressed the need for the best available participants — players, umpires, and referees — to be involved in international cricket.
While accepting the need for a minimum requirement in numbers of ODIs, Twenty20 Internationals and Tests between all teams, the committee stressed the need to protect icon series.The committee also recommended that further thought be given to the introduction of a Test league or periodic play-off for the top two sides in the Reliance Mobile Test Championship table.
The meeting was chaired by former India captain and the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup winner Sunil Gavaskar, and included former Australia captain Mark Taylor, South Africa coach Mickey Arthur and Michael Holding, the ex-West Indies fast bowler.It also featured Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, chief ICC match referee and former Sri Lanka captain Ranjan Madugalle, Pakistan great Majid Khan and Tim May, former Australia off-spinner and the chief executive officer of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations.
The ICC Cricket Committee is empowered to make recommendations that then go forward to the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) for approval. If that approval is forthcoming then the decisions can be ratified at the ICC Board.Any recommendations made by the ICC Cricket Committee will not take effect unless they are ratified and/or approved by CEC and the Board.
Both CEC and the ICC Board are scheduled to meet in Dubai from June 29.
Source: http://www.nationmedia.com
According to a press release by the ICC, the cricket committee held a lengthy debate about the current changing cricket landscape.There are now three viable forms of the game at international level, Tests, one day internationals and Twenty20.
The committee agreed that there was a strong need to identify and maintain a balance between the three formats so that all of them could continue to thrive.The committee identified Test cricket as the pinnacle of the sport and expressed the need for the best available participants — players, umpires, and referees — to be involved in international cricket.
While accepting the need for a minimum requirement in numbers of ODIs, Twenty20 Internationals and Tests between all teams, the committee stressed the need to protect icon series.The committee also recommended that further thought be given to the introduction of a Test league or periodic play-off for the top two sides in the Reliance Mobile Test Championship table.
The meeting was chaired by former India captain and the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup winner Sunil Gavaskar, and included former Australia captain Mark Taylor, South Africa coach Mickey Arthur and Michael Holding, the ex-West Indies fast bowler.It also featured Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, chief ICC match referee and former Sri Lanka captain Ranjan Madugalle, Pakistan great Majid Khan and Tim May, former Australia off-spinner and the chief executive officer of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations.
The ICC Cricket Committee is empowered to make recommendations that then go forward to the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) for approval. If that approval is forthcoming then the decisions can be ratified at the ICC Board.Any recommendations made by the ICC Cricket Committee will not take effect unless they are ratified and/or approved by CEC and the Board.
Both CEC and the ICC Board are scheduled to meet in Dubai from June 29.
Source: http://www.nationmedia.com
