ICC president and former BCCI secretary Jay Shah has joined a new Marylebone cricket Club (MCC) advisory board, which will replace the club’s world cricket committee.
“An important step has been taken in the formation of the World cricket Connects Advisory Board,” Nicholas said. “We have assembled an impressive group of cricket‘s best minds in a number of different areas relevant to our sport. I am delighted to be working with this experienced group and excited by what we can collectively achieve for the benefit of the global game.”
The world cricket committee was an independent body that had no formal power, but its recommendations were often adopted by the ICC. These have included calls for a Decision Review System, the formation of a World Test Championship, the introduction of day-night Test cricket and the use of a shot clock to improve slow overs.
The new advisory board will meet virtually throughout the year and in person following the symposium at Lord’s. MCC said: “This independent group will shape the annual World cricket Connects agenda, help facilitate event discussions and, in turn, maximize the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the health of the game.”
World cricket Connects Advisory Board Members: Kumar Sangakkara (Chairman), Anurag Dahiya (Chief Business Officer, ICC), Chris Dehring (CEO, CWI), Sourav Ganguly, Sanjog Gupta (CEO, JioStar – Sports), Mel Jones, Heather Knight, Trudy Lindblade (CEO, cricket Scotland), Heath Mills (President of the World Cricketers’ Association), Imtiaz Patel (former president of SuperSport), Jay Shah, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss.