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The new proposal calls for a World T20 every year and 50-over World Cup every three years, which is being perceived as ICC’s plan to enter the global media rights markets for the 2023-2028 period before BCCI and exhaust the lion’s share of revenues from potential broadcasters such as Star Sports.

The new BCCI regime could soon be engaged in a bitter turf battle with the ICC since the world governing body’s proposed Futures Tours Programme (FTP) could significantly hit Indian cricket board’s revenue stream.

The new proposal calls for a World T20 every year and 50-over World Cup every three years, which is being perceived as ICC’s plan to enter the global media rights markets for the 2023-2028 period before BCCI and exhaust the lion’s share of revenues from potential broadcasters such as Star Sports.

It will be one of the major challenges the Sourav Ganguly-Jay Shah regime will face, immediately after assuming office.

The FTP is a calender that both ICC and the member countries separately prepare for a five-year period during which the bilateral as well as multi-nation events are tentatively planned.

The draft proposal for the post 2023 period was mooted at the recent ICC Chief Executives Meeting and BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has categorically told his ICC counterpart Manu Sawhney in an email that the move “will not be prudent” on multiple counts.

A senior BCCI official said that now that the board is back, a “tough stance” should be taken by the new dispensation.

He explained how the proposal is likely to affect the BCCI’s revenues.

“For example, Star Sports or Sony (hypothetically) has a budget of ₹ 100 for investment in broadcast rights (TV, radio, digital). There are two big players - ICC and BCCI with their bouquet of events. BCCI has IPL and its marquee home bilateral series (without Pakistan).

“A World T20 every year is an enticing proposal and if ICC enters the market first, a major player would be thinking of exhausting its lion’s share of broadcast budget in buying ICC rights.

“If the broadcaster spends ₹ 60 on buying ICC rights for 2023-28 period, then when BCCI enters the market, the company will have may be ₹ 40 in its pocket. I see it as an attempt to attack BCCI’s revenue stream. It’s up to Ganguly and Jay Shah to deal with this issue,” the senior official said.

Bilateral cricket
Mr. Johri has given five points in his email as to why BCCI won’t be able to agree with ICC’s draft FTP proposal.

“At the outset, we would like to inform you that BCCI cannot agree or confirm to the post 2023 ICC events and the proposed additional ICC events at this stage,” Mr. Johri wrote.

The first point stated by Mr. Johri is about “BCCI elections being underway” and the “new board members will deliberate on the issue” before a final decision is taken.

The second issue is BCCI “is committed to fulfil all its bilateral commitments with the fellow full members.”

The third and the most important point cited by the BCCI CEO is that the working group (comprising CEOs of member boards) has not deliberated on the issue and any unilateral decision will not only be “premature” but it would also mean that “correct procedures have not been followed”.

Mr. Johri also warned that increasing ICC events (having World T20 every year that is) “will have wide ranging repercussions on bilateral cricket”.

The other major point could be players’ workload, which is paramount for the BCCI.

“The player workload management needs to be analysed and it is essential for the ICC Cricket Committee to be involved in this matter,” wrote Mr. Johri, who wants a proposal like this to be vetted by the Cricket Committee.

The last but certainly not the least is the ICC revenue, which “is only a part of the total cricket revenue generated”.
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https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cric...t-every-year-bcci-says-no/article29681061.ece
 
Damm, thank god BCCI. ICC trying to completely monetise and destroy cricket, they have gone insane! world cups everyyear wth!!!
 
T20 world cup every two years is fine and moving it to every 4 yrs was stupid.

Every year would be an overkill.
 
Could see scrapping bilateral T20s and just having some kind T20 world cup every year working.
 
Damn ICC! You greedy.

You want to kill the golden goose? Limited overa world events every year? We already have a continuous world event called the test championship.
 
I’ll take it with both hands: 7 weeks international window for the royal format every year including top 12 teams. First 3 weeks to play 10-12 bilateral games to finalise squad, 1-2 weeks break for preparation/travelling, 2.5 weeks for the main tournament starting from Friday afternoon, finishing on Sunday evening two weeks later.

10 teams remain for the next years’ event, bottom two relegated to global league (associates) who can have their own tournament - top two from that league qualifies for the main event every year.
 
Seems like to would create more interest in cricket as it is slowly becoming monotonous, and boring.

This will increase the competion between teams because those game should amount to more points per win.

Bilaterals are pretty boring and batting heavy 90% of the time, with neutrel grounds this will make the game more interesting.

People already dont take bi laterals that seriously, so this should increase the viewership as well.
 
For once BCCI will be well.and truly justified in putting the stupid ICC to senses


I wish I had not read this.
 
Should have been something like this:

2018: WT20
2019: CWC
2020: WT20
2021: Knockout Cup (16 teams from ODI rankings, 1 vs 16, 15 vs 2 and so on, you lose you`re out)
2022: WT20
2023: CWC

This way you have an event every year, but the CWC is still the pinnacle.
 
WC every 3 years and World T20 every year? Is ICC freaking crazy? The marquee tournament will not be marquee any more.
 
ICC Board meetings : Super Over as a way to decide results at ICC events to be retained

Zimbabwe and Nepal have been readmitted as ICC Members following the conclusion of the ICC Board meetings in Dubai today.


Zimbabwe was readmitted by the ICC Board following a meeting with the ICC Chairman and Chief Executive, Zimbabwe Cricket Chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani and Zimbabwe Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry and Gerald Mlotshwa, the Chairman of the Sports and Recreation Commission. They had been suspended in July 2019 following government interference in the running of the Board.

ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar said: “I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Sports Minister for her commitment to the reinstatement of Zimbabwe Cricket. Her desire to work in support of Zimbabwe Cricket was clear and she has unconditionally complied with the conditions set down by the ICC Board. Funding to Zimbabwe Cricket will continue to be on a controlled basis as part of a collective effort behind getting the game in Zimbabwe back on an even keel.”

Zimbabwe will now be able to take up their place in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup in January and the ICC Super League later in 2020.

Nepal has also been reinstated on a conditional basis following their 2016 suspension for breach of the ICC regulations which prohibit government interference and require free and fair elections. Election of a 17-member Central Working Committee for the Cricket Association (CAN) of Nepal were completed earlier this month and paved the way for the re-admittance of the CAN.

Mr Manohar added: “Given the progress made in Nepal, a transition plan will now be developed for the Cricket Association of Nepal to support full compliance with Associate Membership criteria, which will also involve controlled funding.”

Other decisions taken during the four days of meetings included:

Women’s Cricket

The prize money for ICC women’s events will be increased by $2.6 million. The increase follows a rise in the revenue generated by the sport, a proportion of which is assigned to prize money.

For the event in Australia next year the winners and runners up will now receive $1 million and $500,000 respectively; five times the amount on offer in 2018. An overall 320% increase in the prize pot for 2020 (compared to 2018) will see every single one of the 10 competing teams receive significantly more as part of ongoing efforts to drive improved standards throughout the game and not just rewarding the top end.

There will also be a substantial increase in the money available for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2021 with the prize pot increasing to $3.5m from $2m in 2017.

The Board approved the establishment of an U19 Women’s T20 World Cup with the first edition to be played in Bangladesh in 2021 and every two years after that.

ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said: “We have already stated our long-term commitment to reach parity across men’s and women’s cricket as part of a broader plan to grow and develop the women’s game.

“We want to build a long-term sustainable foundation for women’s cricket and that is about more than just prize money. It is about building a product that fans want to watch, that kids want to take up, that sponsors and broadcasters want to be part of. Creating a Women’s U19 event also improves the pathway available to young cricketers and ensures they have the same opportunities as their male counterparts.

“This is a journey we started in earnest in 2017 and next year it’s our ambition to fill the MCG on International Women’s Day for the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 which would be a world record for a women’s sporting event. This significant increase in prize money and the introduction of a Women’s U19 event is part of a much larger effort to grow the women’s game around the world.”

ICC Global Events 2023-2031

The Board decided that the eight-year cycle commencing in 2023 will comprise eight Men’s events, eight Women’s events, four Men’s U19 events and four Women’s U19 events.

The ICC will call for expressions of interest from all Members wanting to host ICC events going forward. The bidding process will start in early 2020 for Women’s and U19 events.

Shashank Manohar said: “In examining a whole range of options, the Board felt a major Men’s and Women’s event each year will bring consistency to our calendar whilst complementing bilateral cricket, giving our sport a strong future foundation.

“It will provide clear structure and context to enable the growth of the sport and greater engagement opportunities for all of our stakeholders. The move towards a bidding model will give equal opportunities to all Members to host ICC events post 2023.”

Challenge League A and B

Malaysia will host the ICC Challenge League A from 14-27 March 2020 whilst Uganda has been appointed to host ICC Challenge League B from 27 July – 9 August 2020.

Cricket

Following on from a recommendation from the ICC Cricket Committee, the Chief Executives’ Committee agreed that use of the Super Over as a way to decide results at ICC events will be retained. Both the Cricket Committee and CEC agreed it was an exciting and engaging conclusion to the game and will remain in place covering all games at both ODI and T20I World Cups.

In group stages, if the Super Over is tied the match will be tied. In Semi Finals and Finals, there is one change to the Super Over regulation in keeping with the basic principle of scoring more runs than the opponent to win, the Super Over will be repeated until one team has more runs than the other.

Associate Members

The ICC Board also approved a $30.5 million funding allocation for Associate Members for 2020; a 12% like for like increase on 2019. The money, which will be distributed according to the Associate Member scorecard competition and grant model, will support all aspects of the development of the game in 92 countries focusing on participation and improving the competitiveness of international cricket.

Governance

Indra Nooyi has been unanimously reappointed as the ICC Independent Director for a second two-year term from 2020-2022.

The Board approved the establishment of a Governance Working Group to consider future governance structure of the ICC. The group will be chaired by Earl Eddings from Cricket Australia, and will comprise Greg Barclay (New Zealand Cricket), Tony Brian (Cricket Scotland), Ehsan Mani (Pakistan Cricket Board), Chris Nenzani (Cricket South Africa) and Ricky Skerritt (Cricket West Indies).

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-zone/news/media-releases/1452302
 
Boffins at the ICC attempting to preempt the tectonic developments that would happen when the next rights cycle of IPL goes for a bid.

Take a look at the hard cricketing infrastructure coming up in India. Stadiums in Trivandrum, Lucknow, Dehradun, New Mohali, Ahmedabad and many more planned. They have been financed with IPL franchises in mind. IPL *will* expand, it'll encroach further on the cricketing calendar.

ICC is literally looking at a future where its next rights cycle will fetch a *lower* revenue than the current one it enjoys.
 
AMSS said:
Boffins at the ICC attempting to preempt the tectonic developments that would happen when the next rights cycle of IPL goes for a bid.

Take a look at the hard cricketing infrastructure coming up in India. Stadiums in Trivandrum, Lucknow, Dehradun, New Mohali, Ahmedabad and many more planned. They have been financed with IPL franchises in mind. IPL *will* expand, it'll encroach further on the cricketing calendar.

ICC is literally looking at a future where its next rights cycle will fetch a *lower* revenue than the current one it enjoys.
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I really want ICC try to push for stupid proposal making BCCI go full on IPL. Perhaps 4months IPL with 12-14 teams. Tbh I’m losing interest in these meaningless bilateral series that serves no purpose.
 
Every year would be way OTT- it would lose its slight appeal quickly if that happened.
 
The world T20 should be every 2 years. If they want to have a world T20 every year, they will need to get rid of T20 bilaterals.
 
CanadianG00se said:
I really want ICC try to push for stupid proposal making BCCI go full on IPL. Perhaps 4months IPL with 12-14 teams. Tbh I’m losing interest in these meaningless bilateral series that serves no purpose.
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See this is Manohar's idea. More events, more money, hence members will vote him and he will remain chairman.
 
cricketjoshila said:
See this is Manohar's idea. More events, more money, hence members will vote him and he will remain chairman.
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The idea (which appears to have been completely misreported in this article) came out of the ICC Working Group. The suggestion is that the World Cup will remain every 4 years with an extra event put in every 4 years (with the WT20 going back to every 2 years). It's essentially just recreating the Champions Trophy (although in what format isn't known yet). The indication seems to be it'll possibly be a 6 team ODI tournament.
 
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If there is a global event every year, it can make people lose interest. I already feel there are too many ICC events in cricket. It gets boring after a while.
 
sweep_shot said:
If there is a global event every year, it can make people lose interest. I already feel there are too many ICC events in cricket. It gets boring after a while.
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T20 world cup are the culprits. We already have IPL, Big Bash, CPL etc every year. Imo all T20I should be scrapped, T20 should be limited to domestic only.
 
This is an attempt by ICC to get the money that is currently going to IPL. Of course BCCI would like to keep that money, rather than give it to ICC, especially as BCCI believes ICC revenue sharing is not fair to India.

Ideally, BCCI should squeeze out other international ICC events and instead grow tournaments played in India so as to keep Indian money within the country. If ICC comes up with a fairer distribution of money (as on revenues being earned in different countries), then BCCI should support international events, otherwise not.

A WC every year in itself is no worse than multiple sports leagues around the world that have yearly championships.
 
First of all this is a ridiculous idea and rightly being shot down.

Secondly, if this does not prove what is the premier format of the game then not sure what will. I mean the ICC dragged its feet on and on and on before they no longer could to setup a test championship. Even when they eventually did, the ICC wanted no part of running it. The WTC is an ICC "tournament" in name only. The ICC has nothing to do with running it.

But when it came to capitalize on the T20 format the ICC was lightning quick in setting up the T20 WC. They do not want to give up any rights to run it. Now they want more and more of it. I don't blame them for it. This is where the fans, players, advertisers etc. are. So this is where the $$$ is.
 
AMSS said:
Boffins at the ICC attempting to preempt the tectonic developments that would happen when the next rights cycle of IPL goes for a bid.

Take a look at the hard cricketing infrastructure coming up in India. Stadiums in Trivandrum, Lucknow, Dehradun, New Mohali, Ahmedabad and many more planned. They have been financed with IPL franchises in mind. IPL *will* expand, it'll encroach further on the cricketing calendar.

ICC is literally looking at a future where its next rights cycle will fetch a *lower* revenue than the current one it enjoys.
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Actually, the IPL rights are up for grabs in 2022 while the ICC does not come up until 2023. So IPL is to cash in once again. The ICC will do the same but the increase will be less percentage wise.

You are right. I think the IPL is set to expand by at least two more teams. As you rightly pointed out, the infrastructure is being put in place.

The IPL in the current market can handle up to four more teams. But the expansion will be cautious. Maybe one or two teams at a time. What the expansion would do is lengthen the IPL season. Which means more $$. Will have to wait and see if these expansion $$ come off of what could have been ICC's tv renewal rights.
 
Superbowl happens every year and still hasn't lost it charm. I think World T20 can be done every year or at most every two years. Four years is just too much for this short brand of cricket. Four years CWC is optimum time and shouldn't be changed.
 
BCCI being the better of the two evils here? :13:

The way I see this - ICC is trying to cash in on the "golden goose". They realise that T20 is the way to make money, so they are getting greedy and looking to have a T20 competition every year in the hope that it will be successful like the Super Bowl, Premier League, IPL etc. and bring them in money.

On the other hand - based on the statement by the "Senior BCCI Official" in the OP it sounds like the BCCI are concerned that an annual T20 WC will lessen the IPLs appeal to broadcasters and broadcasters would be willing to invest more in the ICC's annual T20 WC rather than in BCCI's annual IPL.

Both ICC and the BCCI are trying to grab as much money as possible as quickly as possible.

However, from a fans point of view, I think having a T20 WC every year will devalue the competition. Instead the ICC should try come up with a clever way of rotating the T20 WC, ODI WC & Test Championship. You have the Champions Trophy as well and between those 4 competitions you have tons of ICC global events which the ICC should try to manage in an intelligent way so that all 4 competitions are attractive to fans, sponsors and broadcasters alike.
 
Apparently ICC has passed the proposal.

From 2023, in 4 years it will be,

2 ODI WCs
4 T20 WCs

And 2 editions of another ICC event, the details of which will be revealed later.

Bcci has refused to sign on this proposal.

Will ICC throw out BCCI? Or will BCCI have its way? Or will there be a compromise?

One thing is for sure, as long as Manohar is ICC boss, Bcci and ICC clashes will continue.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Apparently ICC has passed the proposal.

From 2023, in 4 years it will be,

2 ODI WCs
4 T20 WCs

And 2 editions of another ICC event, the details of which will be revealed later.

Bcci has refused to sign on this proposal.

Will ICC throw out BCCI? Or will BCCI have its way? Or will there be a compromise?

One thing is for sure, as long as Manohar is ICC boss, Bcci and ICC clashes will continue.
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Cricinfo are reporting that it's 2 T20WCs, 1 World Cup and 1 new tournament (possibly a 6 team ODI tournament) every 4 years. Only Indian papers seem to be reporting the above suggestion.
 
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HitWicket said:
Cricinfo are reporting that it's 2 T20WCs, 1 World Cup and 1 new tournament (possibly a 6 team ODI tournament) every 4 years. Only Indian papers seem to be reporting the above suggestion.
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What i wrote is about a 8 year cycle. What you wrote is 4yrs.

Its one and the same.
 
How is this any different to the period between 2011 and 2017?
2011 CWC
2012 T20 WC
2013 Champions Trophy
2014 T20 WC
2015 CWC
2016 T20 WC
2017 Champions Trophy
 
angrypathan said:
How is this any different to the period between 2011 and 2017?
2011 CWC
2012 T20 WC
2013 Champions Trophy
2014 T20 WC
2015 CWC
2016 T20 WC
2017 Champions Trophy
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It will probably be the same, but with a smaller tournament than the Champions trophy (8 teams). Apparently they want to have a tournament with 6 teams added to the cycle.
 
I can understand why ICC have come with this proposal and it's because they fear the IPL market share of the sport will continue to grow and thus increase the gulf between the revenues made between this tournament and International cricket.

The way the sport is heading I wouldn't be surprised if IPL takes precedence, which will see international cricket contested on a smaller scale with fewer contests and tournaments such as IPL and Ashes etc.
 
topspin said:
I can understand why ICC have come with this proposal and it's because they fear the IPL market share of the sport will continue to grow and thus increase the gulf between the revenues made between this tournament and International cricket.

The way the sport is heading I wouldn't be surprised if IPL takes precedence, which will see international cricket contested on a smaller scale with fewer contests and tournaments such as IPL and Ashes etc.
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IPL should be limited to April-May or March last to May Mid. 7-8 weeks.

Until ICC forces the Bcci to act, i do not see IPL expanding beyond this window.
 
Australia join issue with India over ICC’s future plans

New Delhi: After the Indian board, Cricket Australia has also raised their concerns over International Cricket Council’s (ICC) proposed one flagship tournament every year during the next eight-year Future Tours Programme (FTP) cycle (2023-2031) as they are not willing to compromise on conducting bilateral Test series.

“The ICC schedule of tournaments is certainly something that is absolutely up for discussion at the moment and will continue in the months ahead,” Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts was recently quoted as saying.

“There’s a sense that fans really value World Cups and international events in general, and in this last cycle on the men’s side, I think we’ve had six world events in the eight years, whereas the previous cycle, we had one event per year with the Champions Trophy as part of that.”

The next eight-year cycle will see four T20 World Cups being played, along with two fifty over World Cups. With another Champions Trophy like tournament included in between, Roberts feels it might have an impact on the ICC Test Championship.

“We need a healthy balance of World Cups along with international cricket that occurs between World Cups and the space for great domestic leagues like the BBL and the IPL to thrive into the future,” Roberts said.

Earlier in the month, it was announced that a working group of the member nations had agreed to chief executive Manu Sawhney’s idea of selling eight ICC men’s events in eight years (2023-2031) as part of the next broadcast rights package.

The Working Group, which will be chaired by Eddings from Cricket Australia, comprises of Greg Barclay (New Zealand Cricket), Tony Brian (Cricket Scotland), Ehsan Mani (Pakistan Cricket Board), Chris Nenzani (Cricket South Africa) and Ricky Skerritt (Cricket West Indies).

“What we’re really keen to work on with the ICC and what we will be working on with the ICC and other ICC members is what parts of the annual calendar might the ICC events occupy in future, how many days of the calendar does that represent and how do we ensure the bilateral international cricket between ourselves and other nations is really embraced and respected in the process.”

Roberts also said he wants ICC to put a cap on the days for its events as it will then not collide with the window of popular private T20 leagues like IPL and BBL.

Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) had also raised an objection to the formation of a working group — led by Cricket Australia’s Earl Eddings — minus any representation from India.

One of the new office-bearers had said that these things need to be taken note of and any efforts by the international body to push BCCI against the wall must be acted upon with immediate effect.

He said: “What has happened in the last couple of years is now a thing of the past. We will be sitting down for a number of meetings in the next two days and one of the primary areas of focus will be India’s position with regards to the ICC. Some of the moves seem to show a specific line of thinking and also, this formation of the new working group also means that Chairman Shashank Manohar might be looking at another term from 2020 till 2022.”

The FTP of the ICC is another area of concern as it calls for a World T20 every year and a 50-over World Cup every three years. While the BCCI has refused to agree to that, a senior board functionary said that the new regime has to put its foot down and ensure that the ICC is no longer able to eat its way into India’s revenues.
https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/australia-join-issue-with-india-over-iccs-future-plans-1.67421421
 
topspin said:
I can understand why ICC have come with this proposal and it's because they fear the IPL market share of the sport will continue to grow and thus increase the gulf between the revenues made between this tournament and International cricket.

The way the sport is heading I wouldn't be surprised if IPL takes precedence, which will see international cricket contested on a smaller scale with fewer contests and tournaments such as IPL and Ashes etc.
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Lol this reminded me of a popular TV show in 90s 'mungeri lal ke haseen sapne'. :inti
 
Every other sport seems to have flag ship events every two years at least.
Tennis, Golf, Football have popular events every year..... the majors in golf, gran slams in tennis.
Champions League in Football. Agreed World Cup and EURO's and American equivalent happen less.

Really T20 should have an annual world trophy or world club trophy and international teams teams trophy every two years., it can easily be done in three weeks.

Test Matches should have a 4 year cycle, any country not playing another should be penalised by points deduction.

ODI world cup should be every two years, maybe start a league for international teams five match series home and away with points and top two playoff.

Cricket is suffering because so many meaningless series are happening.
 
Those who can watch 2 months of low quality noodle cricket every year shouldn't have problem with a T20 World Cup every year. It is much higher in quality. :inti
 
IPL is the real world T20. Any other T20 international is just timepass with c-players trying to impress selectors, except in Pakistan!
 
HitWicket said:
You genuinely think the IPL is higher quality than international cricket?
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I said T20's. I don't care much for the format in general but yes, IPL is of a higher standard than bilateral T20's. There's enough data out there for that .
 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is contemplating coming out with an advertisement for the recruitment of new selectors. The notification is expected any day, it may even come on Wednesday itself.

Mirror learns that the notification will be for the selectors in all categories which means applications will be sought for national junior and women’s selectors’ positions too.

The primary objective, of course, is to find the right personnel to replace two members of the senior national selection committee – chairman MSK Prasad from South Zone and member Gagan Khoda from Central.

The criteria will be retirement for a minimum of five years. Immediately, there may not be any increase in the remuneration for the selectors as the BCCI has decided to stick with the package being paid to the current selectors – Rs 90 lakh for the members and Rs 1crore for the chairman.

A Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will have to be formed to select the senior selectors. It is likely that the CAC will be formed after the Supreme Court hearing.

The apex court was to hear the BCCI appeal yesterday but it did not happen. It is expected that things will be clear only by month-end.

It was recently reported that Gautam Gambhir, Madan Lal and Sulakshana Naik will form the CAC but it looks like Gambhir will not be part of the panel because of certain rules.

About the selectors, it is still in the realm of speculation. L Sivaramakrishnan continues to be the favourite from South Zone although the name of Venkatesh Prasad is also emerging now. Dilip Vengsarkar’s chances will depend on what the notification says about the age criteria.


Fight with ICC

Meanwhile, the BCCI and four other boards – CSA, ECB, CA and NZC – are likely to openly tell the ICC that they are not in favour of one global event a year and the proposed four-day Tests.

The BCCI is also unhappy that it is not part of the Strategy and Governance Review Committee, which is meeting in Dubai on Thursday and Friday. Mirror had reported about this meeting yesterday.

As per an ICC release, the group will be chaired by Earl Eddings from Cricket Australia, with Greg Barclay (New Zealand Cricket), Tony Brian (Cricket Scotland), Ehsan Mani (Pakistan Cricket Board), Chris Nenzani (Cricket South Africa) and Ricky Skerritt (Cricket West Indies) as members.

The exclusion of two influential members of the ICC – BCCI and ECB – will be strongly objected to.

Interestingly, Bangladesh board members were also there in Dubai yesterday and it is said they are being wooed to stay away from the Big Three, rather Big Five.

SMG reacts to Warne

Sunil Gavaskar has contributed $5000 for the bushfire victims of Australia after Shane Warne issued an appeal for donations through this paper (published on January 8). Gavaskar contributed to Australian Red Cross which is raising funds for the fire victims. Interestingly, none of the millionaire Indian Premier League stakeholders have responded openly to Warne’s appeal so far.

https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes....rt-for-new-selectors/articleshow/73256372.cms
 
One global ICC event per year will be too much when we are already talking about crowded calendar. Probably the countries who not have enough international cricket could participate in such events. India and other countries who do not want to take part in it should be allowed to skip.
 
MenInG said:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is contemplating coming out with an advertisement for the recruitment of new selectors. The notification is expected any day, it may even come on Wednesday itself.

Mirror learns that the notification will be for the selectors in all categories which means applications will be sought for national junior and women’s selectors’ positions too.

The primary objective, of course, is to find the right personnel to replace two members of the senior national selection committee – chairman MSK Prasad from South Zone and member Gagan Khoda from Central.

The criteria will be retirement for a minimum of five years. Immediately, there may not be any increase in the remuneration for the selectors as the BCCI has decided to stick with the package being paid to the current selectors – Rs 90 lakh for the members and Rs 1crore for the chairman.

A Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will have to be formed to select the senior selectors. It is likely that the CAC will be formed after the Supreme Court hearing.

The apex court was to hear the BCCI appeal yesterday but it did not happen. It is expected that things will be clear only by month-end.

It was recently reported that Gautam Gambhir, Madan Lal and Sulakshana Naik will form the CAC but it looks like Gambhir will not be part of the panel because of certain rules.

About the selectors, it is still in the realm of speculation. L Sivaramakrishnan continues to be the favourite from South Zone although the name of Venkatesh Prasad is also emerging now. Dilip Vengsarkar’s chances will depend on what the notification says about the age criteria.


Fight with ICC

Meanwhile, the BCCI and four other boards – CSA, ECB, CA and NZC – are likely to openly tell the ICC that they are not in favour of one global event a year and the proposed four-day Tests.

The BCCI is also unhappy that it is not part of the Strategy and Governance Review Committee, which is meeting in Dubai on Thursday and Friday. Mirror had reported about this meeting yesterday.

As per an ICC release, the group will be chaired by Earl Eddings from Cricket Australia, with Greg Barclay (New Zealand Cricket), Tony Brian (Cricket Scotland), Ehsan Mani (Pakistan Cricket Board), Chris Nenzani (Cricket South Africa) and Ricky Skerritt (Cricket West Indies) as members.

The exclusion of two influential members of the ICC – BCCI and ECB – will be strongly objected to.

Interestingly, Bangladesh board members were also there in Dubai yesterday and it is said they are being wooed to stay away from the Big Three, rather Big Five.

SMG reacts to Warne

Sunil Gavaskar has contributed $5000 for the bushfire victims of Australia after Shane Warne issued an appeal for donations through this paper (published on January 8). Gavaskar contributed to Australian Red Cross which is raising funds for the fire victims. Interestingly, none of the millionaire Indian Premier League stakeholders have responded openly to Warne’s appeal so far.

https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes....rt-for-new-selectors/articleshow/73256372.cms
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Not liking Mani's presence in that group it seems.
 
ICC should move over and let BCCI run the game. May as well make it official now.
 
The World t20 was brilliant last time around and will be again this year. It's such a shame for cricket fans that BCCI stops it happening every 2 years just so that no attention will be taken away from it's IPL cash cow.
 
MenInG said:
Thankfully ICC has some idea of equality - else, other members would be reduced to roles of pedestrians.
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Adding BCCI and ECB to the committee will affect equality how?

If ICC doesnt want the biggest stake holders in the game and their opinion in the matters of governance then tommorow when these boards take matter in their hands to get things right, ICC shouldn't complain.

This is more of Manohar trying to keep BCCI and ECB out and giving CA a seat so that the big 3 do not unite on this issue. He may well have failed as i hear he will give up his post in may 2020.
 
ODI world cup is a very long tournament. I do not think its practical to hold it more frequently. I would not mind WT20 every 2 years.

What we need are more multi-team ODI tournaments. People bash tournaments like Champions Trophy and Asia cup but they are far better to watch than the meaningless bi-laterals.
 
The_Odd_One said:
ODI world cup is a very long tournament. I do not think its practical to hold it more frequently. I would not mind WT20 every 2 years.

What we need are more multi-team ODI tournaments. People bash tournaments like Champions Trophy and Asia cup but they are far better to watch than the meaningless bi-laterals.
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Those triangular tournaments were very entertaining in past years. They should be reintroduced and give it a try.
 
Itachi said:
Those triangular tournaments were very entertaining in past years. They should be reintroduced and give it a try.
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Sharjah hosted some great tournaments involving Pakistan, India, West Indies, etc. Some of those games were nail-biters.
 
World cup every 4 years. World T20 every 4 years. No need for more ICC tournaments. They lose meaning and context if played too often.
 
Too much of something is not good. Flagship events should be every 4 years. PERIOD!
 
Nikhil_cric said:
World cup every 4 years. World T20 every 4 years. No need for more ICC tournaments. They lose meaning and context if played too often.
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50 over world cup is the flagship LOI tournament so for it to be after every 4 years makes sense. World T20 should happen every 2 years as it hasnt and most likely wont displace 50 over WC as the flagship tournament and every 4 years slot should only be given to one flagship tournament.
 
To be honest some years do become bit stale for most teams as every team doesnt play as much cricket as England, India or Australia. Like 2021 would be as there is nothing other than bilateral series.
 
The ICC has already decided that T20 WC would be held every two years and for such a short tournament its the most optimum interval.
 
ODI World Cup every 4 Years, World T20 every 2 years and hold the World Test Championship final in the year left.
 
Icc needs some sort of tournament every year to keep cricket alive. It's easy to do as well.

WC
WT20
CT (only 6 teams in 1 group)
WT20

Rinse and repeat.
 
The International Cricket Council today announced that the second series of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A set to begin on 16 March in Malaysia has been postponed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

The 11-day tournament was scheduled between 16 and 26 March and involves teams from Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, and Vanuatu. Due to a rapidly developing heath emergency with increasing travel difficulties between countries and potential uncertainty arising for individuals returning to their country of origin, the decision was taken to postpone the event to later in 2020.

ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley said: “We have made the difficult decision to postpone the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We have been monitoring the situation very closely and have concluded that the best course of action is to postpone the event owing to the increasing travel difficulties between countries and the potential uncertainty around teams returning home.

“I would like to thank the Malaysian Cricket Association and all participating Members for their support. The wellbeing of everyone involved is our first priority and we look forward to the event being played later in the year.”

The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A is three steps away from the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to be hosted in India. 12 teams will compete in Challenge League A and B once a year respectively in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The league will see a total of 90 competitive 50 over List A matches for teams ranked 21-32. The top team in each league at the culmination of the competition will secure two of the six places in the Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-Off to be held in 2022, alongside the bottom four of Men’s CWC League 2.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1636508
 
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