'No major change in ICC constitution'
Two days after the International Cricket Council (ICC) proposed to bring amendments to the changes brought to its constitution back in 2014, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon claimed that the proposed amendments would not bring a major difference in the way the ICC functioned.
In its last meeting in Dubai, the ICC proposed to elect a new Chairman in June. As opposed to the current system, the new chairman will not be able to represent a particular board.
There was also a proposal 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) from the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee and the Executive Committee in order to allow a fair access to membership for all the full and associate members.
Once the proposals were revealed to the public, articles regarding the supposed end of the 'Big three' regime were published worldwide.
However, the BCB president, who is a member of the ICC committee formed to review the 2014 constitution, expressed a rather different view yesterday.
“I think there was a misinterpretation in the media regarding these issues. There isn't much of a change actually. Do the changes mean that the Executive Committee will not exist? Does it mean that there will be no chairman? Are we going back to the ICC president-era? Nothing much has changed,” Papon told reporters
“There hasn't been a change in the earning mechanism either. As per the changes in the 2014 constitution, every country has a fixed percentage of income in the ICC. The more the value of a member, the more they earn. For instance, the amount of money that Australia and England will earn is the same.
“The only change that could happen is regarding the income earned by the BCCI. ICC chairman Shashank Manohar, who also represents India and is a very liberal man, has said that he wants to let go six percent of the income earned by Indian cricket board and provide it to the lesser ranked sides for their development. But that's a matter for the board [BCCI] and not the ICC,” he added.
Apart from the changes in the constitution Papon also spoke on the possibility of an additional series for Bangladesh in 2016.
“At the moment we want the ICC Under-19 World Cup and the Asia Cup to finish successfully. Once that happens, we will go to the World Cup [World Twenty20] in India and have an open discussion with other boards for more series'. For now we have a proposal for a tri-series involving Sri Lanka and West Indies.
“We want to host that after the England series in October. But then again we also don't want to shift the Bangladesh Premier League which is scheduled to take place around that time because the BPL was organised very well in the last season. So we are looking for a slot. Let's see what happens,” said Papon.
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