Big Three (Australia, England & India) could control revamped ICC

[Dr Crane]

There needs to be a clearly defined structure to make sure the rest of the world doesn't get left behind. I'd be willing to allow it to go through, with a list of conditions, such as:

1. The FTP to be scrapped, replaced by a commitment of each nation to play a home and away series against each of the other ten nations, comprising of a minimum of 3 tests and 5 LO matches – proposed series 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and 2 T20Is in a seven year period. Boards are free to negotiate a longer series of so desired, and may play as many extra series as they wish inside of this seven year period. Severe penalties must be legally binding for any side that does not comply with this regulation.
2. The two-tier system to not be implemented, but Ireland to be admitted as a full member within 18 months in order to give sides like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe an additional option to play against – and a CLEAR pathway for Afghanistan to be tabled for the same purpose.
3. On the admission of both Ireland and Afghanistan as full members, the cycle of mandatory home and away series to be increased to eight years from seven.
4. The proposed World Test Championship to be shelved indefinitely until such a time as it is commercially viable. The ICC Champions Trophy to be re-instated to fill the gap.
5. India to be awarded one out of four ICC events (World Cup, World T20, Champions Trophy) as recognition of the amount of money they generate for the game.
6. A fair and equitable revenue-sharing system to be generated in order that sides like New Zealand, The West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan are better able to develop their elite players and to end issues such as the strikes which have all but ruined this seasons Zimbabwean FC competition.


The reality of the situation is, something will have to be given to India, and it'll have to be something big. All I could come up with was a promise of a certain percentage of ICC events (they want one in three, but I think one in four would be fair) or a dedicated window for IPL. I'd prefer the former rather than the latter, at least it benefits everyone.

this i can accept. the current proposal is india, australia and england take over cricket, south africa get dragged along kicking and screaming and the rest be damned.

 

[Mr Spock!]

There's a key phrase that no nation needs to compete in a series which will make a loss.

Sort of rules out half the teams touring India and Bangas or Zimbots playing anyone.

 

[Timbo]

There's a key phrase that no nation needs to compete in a series which will make a loss.

Sort of rules out half the teams touring India and Bangas or Zimbots playing anyone.

Yeah, that phrase immediately needs to be deleted. It won't just kill Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, but the Windies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will struggle.

 

[The Charlatan]

Yeah, that phrase immediately needs to be deleted. It won't just kill Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, but the Windies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will struggle.

It will kill the Paki's whilst ever they don't play at home.

 

[Twizzle]

Snedden seems to think it will benefit Noo Ziland

 

[JJ]

That's spin... no way it will benefit us.

Patronising, self-serving nonsense... if it's all about money then just have some professional 20:20 leagues... players will get rich, so will execs, TV etc...

 

[Kiwi]

this will kill international cricket if it happens. Basically you'll end up with three nations who even remotely stand a chance at any event. Players that want to earn a lot of money will defect to the stronger nations for a chance to win and make plenty of money. Hell look at that spinner here in aus who's asylum was denied... oh you can play cricket really well, approved....the future Taylor, Bravos, Smiths will be the same. If this happens I won't watch or attend another match domestic or otherwise, it's wrong on so many levels.

 

[Kiwi]

Snedden seems to think it will benefit Noo Ziland

how? The only ones this will benefit are the curry munchers, whingers and bogans

 

[DC_fan]

The ICC Board has gained the necessary votes to approve a large number of sweeping changes relating to the governance, financing and structure of international cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the PCB were the only two Full Members who abstained when a "comprehensive resolution" was put to vote.

The BCCI, in particular, but also Cricket Australia and the ECB can now anticipate a period of greater wealth and influence in the ICC, although their proposals have been reduced in some areas and the ICC continues to claim that all nations will be better off as a result of the changes adopted.
The ICC has presented key elements of the resolution as follows:

• More revenue for all nations because of a programme designed to secure a lucrative new rights deal.
• A Test cricket fund to sustain Test cricket through to 2023.
• Contractually-binding agreements between nations about Test series.
• A clear pathway for Associate Members to become Test nations.

Plans to give widespread powers to an executive committee dominated by India, England and Australia have been watered down. Although this committee will still draw up major policy, its decisions will need to be
ratified by the full board.



BCCI president N Srinivasan will become the ICC chairman from July this year, while CA chairman Wally Edwards will head a newly-formed Executive Committee, which will report to the ICC Board. The ECB chairman Giles Clarke will continue to be the head of the Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) Committee. This will be for an initial two-year transitional period to 2016.

The ICC confirmed that at the end of this transitional period "the Chair of the ICC Board will be elected from within the ICC Board with all Full Member Directors entitled to stand for election. BCCI, CA and ECB - will be represented on both sub-committees, along with two representatives of the other Full Members (who will be elected by the Board)."

An F&CA committee "working group" made up of Srinivasan, Clarke and Edwards had first presented the draft of their radical revamp to the rest of the ICC Board at an unscheduled meeting called in Dubai on January 9. Central to the draft was the ICC revenue distribution model which was reformulated to give the BCCI, ECB and CA a graded percentage share of ICC revenue, with a larger chunk going to these three Boards when compared to the rest.

Today the ICC said, "Full Members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats."

The release stated the decision around the new revenue distribution model was, "the outcome of a negotiation between Members that has been required to provide long-term certainty of participation of all Members in both ICC events and bilateral series against other Members." The absence of any such "certainty" would impact on, "the rights for ICC events, which are to be taken to market this year... and by extension, so would the financial support that has driven the growth of cricket around the world.

"The structure of the model will ensure that none of the Full Members will be worse off than they are at present and - if forecasts of revenue generation prove to be correct - all will be significantly better off. The agreement of the model has been an important part of a wider negotiation that will now provide long-term certainty of participation in ICC events by all of the Full Member teams."

The meeting confirmed the end of the FTP in its current form, with future schedules being dependent on "contractually binding" negotiations between boards. "There was also confirmation that all Full Members will enter into a series of contractually binding bilateral agreements as a matter of urgency so that they can confirm a comprehensive schedule of matches in a Future Tours Programme that will now be extended to 2023."

"With the ICC Champions Trophy alongside the ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 and the formats and venues already confirmed for all of these events the ICC has a really attractive package for 2015-23 to take to the market." The ICC claims it has a limited-overs package to make the TV companies drool

The ICC Board also paved a clearer path for high-performing Associate nations to gain Test status. "The winner of the next ICC Intercontinental Cup will be entitled to take part in a play-off against the bottom-ranked Full Member and, if successful, obtain Test status," the ICC said. "This complements the pathways that are already in place for any Member to be
able to qualify for the major events in ODI and T20I cricket."

The ICC confirmed that the proposed World Test Championship would be scrapped and replaced with the Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021 to strengthen their commercial property. "It proved impossible to come up with a format for a four-team finals event in Test cricket that fits the culture of Test cricket and preserves the integrity of the format," its release said. "The most recent ICC Champions Trophy event proved to be very popular with supporters around the world and the future events will build on this success.

"With the ICC Champions Trophy alongside the ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 and the formats and venues already confirmed for all of these events the ICC has a really attractive package for 2015-23 to take to the market."

At the same time, the governing body announced the introduction of a Test Cricket Fund "to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023."

"The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)."

The ICC release said, "several of these decisions" would need to be "considered and adopted" by the ICC's Full Council when it meets in June. While there were no specifications made as to what these decisions were, as full council voting is required of constitutional amendments, that procedure is largely regarded as a formality.

ICC president Alan Isaac said: "The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC. There were eight Full Members who were in a position to support the resolution today and the two [SLC, PCB] who abstained have pledged to further discuss the issues with an aim to reaching unanimous approval over the coming weeks."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/717377.html

 

[DC_fan]

ICC Board approves changes to governance, competition and financial models

The ICC Board today approved a comprehensive resolution relating to the governance, competition and financial models of the ICC at a meeting in Singapore.

The ICC Board today approved a comprehensive resolution relating to the governance, competition and financial models of the ICC at a meeting in Singapore.

The key elements of the resolution are as follows:

Protecting Test cricket

A Test Cricket Fund will be introduced to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023. The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

There was also confirmation that all Full Members will enter into a series of contractually binding bi-lateral agreements as a matter of urgency so that they can confirm a comprehensive schedule of matches in a Future Tours Programme that will now be extended to 2023.

Breaking the glass ceiling

Associate Members now have a clear pathway to playing Test cricket. The winner of the next ICC Intercontinental Cup will be entitled to take part in a play-off against the bottom-ranked Full Member and, if successful, obtain Test status. This complements the pathways that are already in place for any Member to be able to qualify for the major events in ODI and T20I cricket.

A certain and attractive package of ICC major events

The World Test Championship will be replaced with an ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021.

It proved impossible to come up with a format for a four-team finals event in Test cricket that fits the culture of Test cricket and preserves the integrity of the format.

The most recent ICC Champions Trophy event proved to be very popular with supporters around the world and the future events will build on this success. It’s also an event that any ICC Member (including the top Associate Members) can aspire to qualifying for by improving their performances in ODI cricket.

With the ICC Champions Trophy alongside the ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 and the formats and venues already confirmed for all of these events the ICC has a really attractive package for 2015-23 to take to the market.

A new financial model for Full Members

Full Members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats.

This decision is the outcome of a negotiation between Members that has been required to provide long-term certainty of participation of all Members in both ICC events and bilateral series against other Members. Without that certainty, the rights for ICC events, which are to be taken to market this year, would have been significantly impacted and, by extension, so would the financial support that has driven the growth of cricket around the world.

The structure of the model will ensure that none of the Full Members will be worse off than they are at present and - if forecasts of revenue generation prove to be correct – all will be significantly better off. The agreement of the model has been an important part of a wider negotiation that will now provide long-term certainty of participation in ICC events by all of the Full Member teams.

Enhanced support for the leading Associate Members

Funds that will be directly distributed to Associate and Affiliate Members (AMs) will continue to grow, building on a dramatic increase in the previous cycle (2007-15) if revenue targets are achieved. There is also a commitment to continue to support tournaments for all of the AMs and a range of centralised services.

The planning process for the next cycle can now begin in earnest and, as part of this, there will be a review – in partnership with the AMs and their representatives – of the appropriate scope of services and tournaments and the suitability of the current scorecard distribution model of the funds.

N.Srinivasan from BCCI to Chair the ICC Board from mid-2014

The ICC Board will continue to be the primary decision-making body. From the start of July this year, the ICC Chairman will be N.Srinivasan from the BCCI.

A new Executive Committee will be formed to report into the Board. The initial Chair of this Executive Committee (ExCo) will be Wally Edwards from Cricket Australia while the Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) will continue to be Giles Clarke from the ECB. These roles will be for an initial two year transitional period to 2016 only.

Once this transitional period is completed, the Chair of the ICC Board will be elected from within the ICC Board with all Full Member Directors entitled to stand for election.

BCCI, CA and ECB - will be represented on both sub-committees, along with two representatives of the other Full Members (who will be elected by the Board).

Several of these decisions still now need to be considered and adopted by the ICC’s Full Council. The relevant resolutions will now be drafted through the appropriate committees, including the Governance Committee and the Board before being submitted for approval to Full Council.

A set of proposals was initially developed by the respective Chairs of BCCI, CA and ECB – N.Srinivasan, Wally Edwards and Giles Clarke before being presented to a meeting of the Full Members on 9 January.

These proposals were then discussed, negotiated and modified at two subsequent ICC Board meetings. A resolution was put to a vote today and supported by the required majority of the ICC Board, including eight Full Members. Two of the Full Members – Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket - abstained in the vote as they felt they needed more time to discuss the amended resolution with their respective Boards.

ICC President Alan Isaac said: “The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC.

“This decision comes after extensive discussions between Members that I helped initiate and were given impetus through a position paper presented by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and ECB in early January.

“Since this time a set of resolutions have been drafted, negotiated and modified – based on a set of principles agreed by the ICC Board on 28 January – and finalized at the meeting today. There were eight Full Members who were in a position to support the resolution today and the two who abstained have pledged to further discuss the issues with an aim to reaching unanimous approval over the coming weeks.”

ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “We now have clear direction from the Board and it is our job to implement the approved resolution.”

http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/201...o-governance-competition-and-financial-models

 

[TheParraboy]

All sounds good, lots of talk of course

time will tell


a test cricket fund to sustain test cricket till 2023? wtf what happens after that???

 

[BunniesMan]

I like some of the plans. A guaranteed path to test cricket is good. Protecting test cricket is good. Hate the champions trophy coming back instead of more test cricket. It's the most pointless trophy ever. A poor mans version of the world cup, nobody cares for it.

All sounds good, lots of talk of course

time will tell


a test cricket fund to sustain test cricket till 2023? wtf what happens after that???

A new plan will be made by then. It is tough to get people to agree to a permanent plan. Lots of unforeseen circumstances can happen.

 

[TheParraboy]

I like some of plans. A guaranteed path test cricket is good. Protecting test cricket is good. Hate the champions trophy coming back instead of more test cricket. It's the most pointless trophy ever. A poor mans version of the world cup, nobody cares for it.



A new plan will be made by then. It is tough to get people to agree to a permanent plan. Lots of unforeseen circumstances can happen.

Like more t20 competitions or introduction on t10? :crazy:

 

[BunniesMan]

T5 is the way of the future

 

[cleary89]

Super over!

 

[Red Bear]

Not sure what to make of the test plan. If it means associate nations are playing alot more long form cricket, that is good. But Test cricket isn't something you just waltz in and get good at. Bangladesh are only now starting to show signs of improved players (and even then have never had a remotely decent medium-fast bowler). NZ, India, Pakistan, Windies, South Africa, Sri Lanka all took a long, long time to get good at the game. Zimbabwe arguably showed the quickest adjustment before it all came crashing down in '03. Only Australia and England, with a massive headstart, have ever been reasonable right away (because obviously they were just playing each other).

Not sure if it's helping or hurting to have them in for a limited time and potentially straight back out the door again. Would rather just a proper set of credentials to be met to gain test entry that somewhat ensures that, should they enter the long form of the game, they'll be ready for it. Factors such as ground quality, first class competition, sustained performance etc etc, that remove the politics from the decision making and sees decision made that promote positive growth of the game. Not many other sporting bodies impose a limit on the number of countries that can play the premier level of the game, cricket shouldn't either.