The ICC on Thursday said it will consider the appointment of Pakistan's Najam Sethi for the post of the apex body's president, left vacant following Mustafa Kamal's resignation, in the last week of June. This was decided at its second quarterly meeting at the ICC headquarters here.
"The Board accepted the resignation of former President Mr Mustafa Kamal, effective from 2 April and confirmed that no replacement would be appointed for the remaining weeks of Mr Kamal's term. The Full Council of the ICC will consider the appointment of Mr Najam Sethi as ICC President when it meets in Barbados at the end of June," the ICC said in a statement.
Regarding illegal action, revised procedures for dealing with bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions were approved, including provisions that shortened the turnaround time from a bowler being reported to the test results being announced (35 days reduced to 24 days). The Board meeting commenced with Srinivasan noting the immense contribution to the global game of the former Australia captain and iconic commentator Richie Benaud who passed away earlier this month.
The ICC lauded the efforts of Australia and New Zealand in orgainsing a successful World Cup, with chairman N Srinivasan describing the event as the "most popular in history". A new rankings system has been approved for women's cricket, incorporating results in all three formats into a single rankings system.
Nepal has been approved as host of the ICC U-19 CWC Qualifier 2015, however, this approval is conditional on the ICC being satisfied with the Cricket Association of Nepal's (CAN) administrative capacity to deliver the event successfully. The Board also received reports on anti-corruption and anti-doping and approved the 2014 accounts.