ICC Board meets this week in Dubai

The ICC Board will meet in Dubai on Tuesday and Wednesday, 30 and 31 October. Three directors will attending for the first time – Major General Sina Ibn Jamali, the newly appointed President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new Chairman Giles Clarke, and Dr Julian Hunte OBE, the President of the West Indies Cricket Board.

Among the topics that the Board will discuss are the following:

Umpires’ Task Force

The Board will consider recommendations made by the Umpires’ Task Force, which met in September, concerning the structure, support mechanisms, remuneration and selection of officials in the future.

The Umpires’ Task Force was made up of David Morgan (Chairman), Geoff Allardice (Cricket Australia Cricket manager), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee) and David Richardson (ICC General Manager – Cricket).

ICC Centenary

The ICC’s centenary is due in 2009 and the ICC Board will consider appropriate ways to mark the occasion.

Appointment of the next ICC CEO

With the current CEO, Malcolm Speed, set to step down at next year’s ICC Annual Conference in June/July, the Board will be asked to appoint recruitment consultants to help fill the position and also establish its own Recruitment Committee which will make a recommendation to the next Board meeting, in March 2008.

Zimbabwe

The Board will consider the forensic audit of Zimbabwe Cricket, carried out by accountancy firm KPMG of South Africa.

Approval of terms of reference for a Permanent Medical Committee
The Board will be asked to approve the terms of reference for a Permanent Medical Committee with a view to its establishment ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2008.

A media release, detailing the results of the ICC Board meeting, will be sent out after its conclusion.

The ICC Board, which meets three times a year, is made up of the following Directors:

Ray Mali (Chairman) – ICC President

Malcolm Speed – ICC Chief Executive Officer

David Morgan – ICC President-Elect

Full Members

Creagh O’Connor – Australia

Major General Sina Ibn Jamali – Bangladesh

Giles Clarke – England

Sharad Pawar - India

Sir John Anderson KBE – New Zealand

Dr Nasim Ashraf – Pakistan

Jayantha Dharmadasa – Sri Lanka

Norman Arendse – South Africa

Dr Julian Hunte OBE – West Indies

Peter Chingoka – Zimbabwe

Associate Members

Samir Inamdar – Kenya

Stanley Perlman – Israel

HRH Tunku Imran – Malaysia