KARACHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board considered amendments that had been made to the ICC's constitution in 2014 and agreed that, ICC announced on Thursday.
"In order to avoid any potential conflicts of interest and to follow best practice principles of good governance, it would seek to re-establish as quickly as possible the independent position of ICC Chairman," world gocverning body announced in a statement.
This mean end of era of Big Three which was installed two years ago.
As such, the Board unanimously agreed to propose to the Full Council that a new Chairman should be elected by the Board for a two-year term commencing at the June 2016 Board meeting through a secret balloting process overseen by the ICC's independent Audit Committee Chairman.
While in the office, the ICC Chairman will not be allowed to hold any post with any Member Board and may be re-elected at the expiry of the term with a maximum limit of three terms.
To qualify to contest the election, it has been agreed that all nominees must be either a past or present ICC Board director and should have the support of at least two Full Member directors.
In addition, the Board agreed to approve changes to the terms of reference of the Finance & Commercial Affairs Committee and Executive Committee so as to remove the permanent positions for the nominees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on these committees, and to allow fair access to membership for all Full and Associate Member directors, with the sole criteria being the skill, competence and experience of the relevant director.
To that end, the present composition of the committees will be reviewed in their entirety in June 2016.
"The decisions taken clearly reflect that we collectively want to improve the governance in a transparent manner, not only of the ICC but also the Member Boards" ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar said.
The ICC Board held its first meeting of 2016 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on Wednesdday. Among the decisions made and reports received were:
Moreover, the Board has also agreed to carry out a complete review of the 2014 resolutions and constitutional changes with a view to establishing governance, finance, corporate and cricketing structures that are appropriate and effective for the strategic role and function of the ICC and all of its members. As part of this wide-ranging exercise, the ICC Board has directed that the ICC's constitution be reviewed in its entirety and all members have been encouraged to provide feedback on this issue to ICC management during the next few weeks.
The ICC Chairman, has constituted a five-member steering group, which, under his leadership, also includes the respective Chairmen of the ICC's Governance Review Committee, Executive Committee, Finance & Commercial Affairs Committee and Associate/Affiliate Member group, and will be supported by various members of ICC management.
The steering group will report on progress at the April 2016 meeting, with a view to putting forward any required changes to the meetings during the ICC Annual Conference week in June 2016.
In a further attempt to improve the governance standards of, and transparency within, Member Boards, the ICC Board agreed to reinstate a previous requirement that Full Members must submit to the ICC their latest audited statements on an annual basis, as is already the case with all Associate and Affiliate Members.
With an aim to improve relationships with the Members and cricket stakeholders from around the world, the Board decided that three of the four meetings of the year will take place in Member countries outside of the UAE. This year's ICC Annual Conference will take place in Edinburgh from June 27 to 2 July, while venues for the April and October meetings will be announced in due course.
In parallel with the constitutional and governance review, there was a detailed discussion on the future structure and scheduling of international cricket, including the impact of Twenty20 leagues on the international game.
This discussion covered the positioning of each of cricket's three formats and the amount of international cricket that should be played, with a view to building a clearer cricket calendar with greater context, being underpinned by an appropriate funding model.
The ICC will engage with relevant stakeholders, including player representatives, over coming months to prepare various cricketing models for consideration by the ICC Cricket Committee, Chief Executives' Committee and ICC Board.
The Board received a report from management on the status of on-going dialogue with the International Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games federation about the benefits and drawbacks of cricket's future participation in the Olympic and/or Commonwealth Games.
The Board acknowledged that this was a complex issue with a diverse range of views and factors to be taken into account and that further work was required before a final position could be adopted.
The Board received an anti-corruption update from Sir Ronnie Flanagan and as recommended by the Integrity Working Party during last year's review, took steps to formally appoint an Anti-Corruption Oversight Group.
The oversight group will include the Chairman of the Executive Committee (under whose area of responsibility this function rests) and will also include former India captain Rahul Dravid, legal expert Louis Weston and independent anti-corruption advisor John Abbott, who was the Chairman of the Integrity Working Party. The Chairman of the ACU, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, and ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson, will also be ex-officio members of the group.
The group will meet once a year to review and provide independent input into the strategy adopted by the sport to tackle corruption and its implementation, and to offer its advice and guidance to the Chairman of the ACU where required.
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