ICC Board meets in Perth on 31 January and 1 February

Items on the agenda include Zimbabwe, Future Tours Programme post-2012, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and Indian Cricket League
The ICC Board will gather in Perth on 31 January and 1 February for the first of the four meetings it holds in a year.

Among the main items on the agenda are the following:

Zimbabwe

A task team, headed by Dr Julian Hunte, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board, will present an interim report to the ICC Board. This follows a visit to Zimbabwe by Dr Hunte and ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat in November last year.

Future Tours Programme (FTP) post-2012

With some members expressing reservations about the idea of an enhanced Test championship, the ICC Board will discuss a way forward in the process of developing a fixtures model, given the current FTP is due to finish in May 2012.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009

The ICC Board will discuss preparations for the tournament, due to take place in September/October. At its October 2008 meeting the Board agreed the event would take place between 24 September and 5 October 2009. At that same meeting it was further agreed that because the event was reduced in duration (12 days including a reserve day for the final instead of the 17 days set aside in 2008) it would be played in one city.

Indian Cricket League (ICL)

The ICC Board will discuss the ICL’s application to be approved by the ICC.

Media arrangements

A media release will be distributed after the first day’s discussions.

A media briefing will take place following the conclusion of the meeting on 1 February. A media release will also be distributed as necessary. More details will be confirmed and announced in due course.

It is also expected that 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.

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.

Associate Member Representatives

In attendance