Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja’s proposal for a quadrangular T20 event was turned down at the ICC board meeting while the board chairman Gregor Barclay has been convinced to complete his term till the end of October, 2022. The other notable development was BCCI secretary Jay Shah being inducted into the ICC cricket committee.
The two-day board meeting which concluded in Dubai on Sunday was a win-win one for the Indian cricket board as Barclay’s continuation till October gives it ample time to strategise whether it will field a candidate for the top post in the month of November.
Originally, there was a possibility that the renomination or nomination would happen in the month of June, but that changed after deliberations between the member boards.
The decision also helps the BCCI buy time as they are likely to have their AGM in September, after which the composition of the national parent body will be clear.
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja’s ambitious proposal of conducting a four-nation tourney comprising India, Australia, England under the aegis of the ICC was unanimously rejected by the all-powerful board even though there was a projected revenue of USD 750 million for five years.
“There was some solid discussion on the pros and cons of such a tournament. While the members agreed that it is not feasible at the moment with ICC’s eight global events, there was no voting as such. It was a foregone conclusion that no members agreed,” an ICC board member said.
“In any case, ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) was against this proposal. As we know that the MPA (Members Participation Agreement) doesn’t allow any member nation to host more than tri-nation, organizing four-nation every year would have in any case devalued ICC’s own marquee events,” the board member added.
