ICC presidency decision in October

The International Cricket Council has delayed until October any change to how it appoints its president.

The International Cricket Council has delayed until October any change to how it appoints its president. The executive board,on the last day of its meeting on Wednesday,unanimously agreed on an urgent independent review of its structure and process,to be completed by the next board meeting in October.

The ICC has proposed allowing voting for an independent president and vice president. But Pakistan and Bangladesh have objected,as on rotation its their turn to nominate candidates in 2014. Bangladesh says its happy for an amendment to the constitution to be enacted after 2014.

Bangladesh and Pakistan gave undertakings not to nominate a candidate before the external review is completed and the matter is again considered by the executive board. I wholeheartedly welcome an independent review of the entire ICC governance and regard this as a major step to meet stakeholder expectations and the high standards of a world-class organization, ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.

ICC event in Pak in 18?

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The independent review was also to study the possibility of independent directors. Meanwhile,Pakistan,which has not hosted a major international team since gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team in 2009,requested to host an ICC event in 2018. The ICC didnt rule it out,although it has yet to schedule an event in 2018. Pakistan will to host England in three tests,four one-dayers and three Twenty20 matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January and February next year. The matches will be played at the neutral venues of Dubai and Abu Dhabi and the itinerary will be announced soon,the PCB said in a statement.

The ECB confirmed the matches in its own statement and also announced the itinerary for five ODIs and a T20 during an October tour of India and for two tests in Sri Lanka in March and April.