ICC Development Committee meet concludes

The ICC Development Committee met in Bangkok, Thailand on 15 and 16 May.

As part of the meeting agenda the Committee:

· Noted the constructive progress of the Pepsi ICC Development Programme in implementing the ICC's global strategy to build A Bigger, Better Global Game;

· Made a number of recommendations to the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in June, including the format for the ICC Women's World Cup 2013, the ICC World T20 Qualifier 2013 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014;

· Appointed Malaysia as hosts of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4, and Bermuda, subject to agreeing to budget proposals, as hosts of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3. Both events form part of ICC's qualification structure into the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015;

· Received updates on progress with implementation of the ICC Females in World Cricket Strategy and the ICC High Performance Programme.

· Considered financial and various development reports, in particular, on developments in USA and China

· Received a report from the MCC on its development activities

· Adopted a safety and security protocol to deal with security matters at development events

Committee members also attended a special demonstration of Thailand's top junior boys and girls teams, while together with the Cricket Association of Thailand, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC Global Development Manager Tim Anderson met with officials of the Thai Olympic Committee, Thai Sports Ministry and Thai Education Ministry.

The ICC Development Committee meets twice per year. Committee members include: