Dubai: Sharad Pawar will take over as the new International Cricket Council (ICC) President during the Chief Executives' Committee meeting and annual conference, commencing today in Singapore.
Pawar, a veteran politician and also the Union Minister of Agriculture, was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) before and then took over as the vice-president of ICC with the aim of becoming its president before the 2011 World Cup — to be hosted in the sub-continent. He will take over the reins from England's David Morgan, who will complete his two-year term as the president of the ICC this week.
The meeting and conference is scheduled to be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore. Incidentally, the executive board will also discuss the nomination of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard from Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket as the next vice-president.
If Howard's nomination is cleared, then as per the ICC's rotational policy for the president's post, he can become the next president by 2012.
Mazhar Khan, the Administrator of the Emirates Cricket Board, representing UAE, will attend the annual conference in which Pawar will take charge as the seventh president of the ICC on July 1. Khan is also scheduled to attend the Asian Cricket Council annual general body meeting.
The ICC Associate and affiliate members will also nominate their ICC executive board director representatives, who will serve a two-year term. During the Chief Executives' Committee meeting discussions will be held on the Future Tour Programme from 2012 to 2020.
Plans are also on for staging an ICC event covering the Test format as well as One-day International league as proposed by the ICC Cricket Committee.
The board meeting will also take decision on the implementation of the Umpires Decision Review System (UDRS) in Test matches as well as in all the 2011 ICC World Cup matches. The Committee will also decide on the eligibility rule and the stand out period required for a player moving from an Associate member to a full member team.
The executive board will also discuss an application from Seychelles to become an affiliate member. If granted, Seychelles will become ICC's 105th member.
