ICC Board meets in Johannesburg on 6 and 7 October

Among the items for discussion include the Future Tours Programme post-2012, the groupings for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and the development of cricket in China and USA

The ICC Board will gather in Johannesburg on 6 and 7 October for one of the four scheduled meetings it holds in a year.

Among the main items on the agenda are the following:

Future Tours Programme post-2012

The ICC Board will continue its work in formulating a Future Tours Programme for Full Member international cricket after 2012. As part of that process it will consider a draft FTP presented by the ICC Chief Executives' Committee and look at ways in which greater context can be given to Test, ODI and T20I cricket.

Development

The Board will receive an update on the Pepsi ICC Development Programme and will specifically hear from ICC Principal Advisor IS Bindra on the latest on the work currently underway to promote cricket in the United States and China.

Promotion of Test cricket

The Board will consider ways and means to further promote Test cricket, the pinnacle of the game.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

The Board will consider the seedings and groupings for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which will take place in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.

ICC Codes

The Board will consider the approval of an enhanced ICC Code of Conduct, Anti-Corruption Code and Anti-Racism Code.

Task team updates

The Board will hear updates from a number of task teams, including those charged with looking into the areas of Zimbabwe, Pakistan and general security around international cricket.

The ICC Board consists of the chairman or president from each of the 10 Full Members plus three 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, as well as, by invitation of the President, the ICC Principal Advisor.

Media arrangements

A media release will be distributed after each day of discussions.

ICC President David Morgan and ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat will take part in a media conference after the second day of the meeting, which is being held at the Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg.

The media conference will take place in the hotel's L'Incontro Square room. The time for Wednesday's conference will be advised in due course.

Photographs of the meeting will be available via Getty Images, and video footage will be available via SNTV. Details will be confirmed in due course. Further information can also be obtained by getting in touch with your usual Getty Images or SNTV contacts.

Please note, for clarification of any details relating to media arrangements, please call Sami-ul-Hasan on +27 82 852 4759 or +971 50 452 6882.

For further information, please contact:

James Fitzgerald
ICC - Communications Officer
Dubai Mobile: +971 50 640 1223
SA Mobile: +27 828 523 450
Email: james.fitzgerald@icc-cricket.com

Sami-ul-Hasan
ICC - Communications Officer
Dubai Mobile: +971 50 452 8662
SA Mobile: +27 828 524 759
Email: sami.ulhasan@icc-cricket.com

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