ICC Board meeting concludes in Dubai

The ICC today said it will consider the appointment of Pakistan's Najam Sethi for the post of the apex cricket 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.

Former PCB president Sethi currently heads the Pakistan Cricket Board's executive committee while Kamal is an ex- Bangladesh Cricket Board chief.
The ICC Board considered the implications of the appointment of an interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) by the Government of Sri Lanka and whether this may be a breach of the ICC's constitution which requires free and fair elections for office-bearers within member boards.

After considerable discussion, and without making a final decision on the matter, the ICC Board supported a recommendation of the ICC Governance Review Committee that it should write to the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka seeking a full and proper explanation of its intervention that prima facie puts SLC in breach of the ICC's constitution," the ICC said in its 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).
As per the revised procedures, it will enable the ICC to recognise suspensions from domestic competitions, as long as the bowler has been assessed by the member using the ICC testing protocol at an ICC-accredited testing centre.
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".