'We planned a new ICC'

Former cricket boss Lalit Modi admitted Monday his involvement in a plot to overthrow the sport's establishment, aiming to create a new world governing body affiliated with the Olympic movement.

The ex-Indian Premier League chairman, who is wanted by police over allegations of money laundering linked to a lucrative television deal, said a detailed plan had been years in the making.

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"We're talking about another cricketing system. There is a blueprint out there, it's got my rubber stamp on it," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview.

"I have been involved in it. I say it for the first time, I've been involved in putting that [blue] print together."

In the past, while acknowledging involvement in discussions to set up a new governing body, Modi had insisted he had walked away from the project.

"The plan that I have put together is a very detailed plan, it's not a plan that's come off the cuff, it's been taking years and years and years in the making," he said.

Modi, who lives in London after fleeing India in 2010 when tax and financial crime authorities raided his premises, has long been critical of the International Cricket Council's governance structure and financial model.