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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to have their board meeting on Sunday (April 10) and one of the major points on the agenda will be the election or re-election of a new chair to the board. The incumbent chair is New Zealand's Greg Barclay, with reports suggesting that he might step down and pave the way for the elections of a new chair.
The points to be discussed are as follows:
Re-election of a current chair or election of a new chair
Barclay is expected to make his decision by May 9, when the nomination for the position will take place. As was the rule last year, the candidates will be required to have two nominators from the 12 full members of the ICC. They will also have to present their vision for the world body.
If there are many candidates, elections are slated to be held on June 10. The candidate getting two-thirds of the 15-member board's votes will be declared the winner. The process is expected to formally be approved at the upcoming meeting, which will kick-start the election process. The new Chairman is set to assume office at the annual conference of the ICC, which will be held in Birmingham in July.
Discussion on women's Test cricket
Another agenda point for the ICC board meeting will be women's Test cricket. Many of the current nations are hardly involved in Test cricket for their women's teams. Since 2015, there have only been six Tests - four of them between England and Australia. The remaining two involved India, who played against England and Australia respectively, in 2021.
It seems unlikely that the ICC will launch a WWTC - Women's World Test Championship - immediately. But talks to cement the status of the traditional format in the women's game is said to be high on the ICC's priorities. The ICC will also discuss if there is a serious case for expanding the duration to five days.
Women's cricket in Afghanistan
Following the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, there were reports about the culling of women's cricket in the country. This led to the formation of a working group tasked with investigating the situation and providing their findings. This group is set to submit their findings at the upcoming meeting.
With these agendas set to be discussed at the upcoming meeting, decisions on bigger issues are scheduled to be discussed in July.
