ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting and Decision Review System workshop in Dubai
The ICC Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) met in Dubai on Tuesday (9 March) and Wednesday (10 March) and the meeting was followed by a two-day workshop involving members of the ICC Chief Executives' Committee, key broadcasters, leading technology suppliers, umpire representatives and ICC, as well as Full Member staff.
ICC events in the Future Tours Programme 2012-2020 and beyond
The CEC was updated on the work of the working group comprising David Collier (England and Wales), Nishantha Rantaguna (Sri Lanka), N Srinivasan (India), James Sutherland (Australia) and David Richardson, ICC General Manager - Cricket, on developing a context for international cricket as well considering the commercial impact of the proposed Future Tours Programme 2012-2020. The group will prepare a discussion paper for the June meeting taking into consideration content, context, commercial values and the primacy of international cricket.
Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said: "I am grateful for all the hard work that the working group has carried out and I am very pleased with the progress being made. There is still some way to go and together with the targeted research being conducted into the promotion of cricket, I believe these two projects, working hand in hand, will provide us with interesting options in June."
Decision Review System (DRS) and technology workshop
The CEC received an update on the successful implementation of DRS in 14 Test matches in the past four months. Following the CEC meeting David Richardson, ICC General Manager - Cricket, hosted the DRS workshop which included contributions from James Sutherland (Australia), Gerald Majola (South Africa), David Collier (England and Wales) and Nishantha Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) as well as representatives of Channel Nine (Australia), Sky Sports (UK), Ten Sports and Sky New Zealand and of technology suppliers Hawkeye, Virtual Eye and Hotspot.
After the meeting, David Richardson said: "It was an extremely valuable two days for technology development and we are grateful to all those who attended. It was clear that everyone believes technology is here to stay. The scope of the discussion covered the protocols for broadcasters and umpires as well as the playing conditions around DRS. We also looked at the preferred technology, whether there was a need for standardisation for all Tests around the world and the cost of providing equipment at all Test matches. There was also constructive discussions on whether DRS should be used for the ICC Cricket World Cup."
ICC will now follow up on the key issues raised during the workshop with a view to reporting back to the ICC Cricket Committee, which will meet in London in May.
