ICC abolishes 'Big Three' financial model; DRS to be used across all formats

Shock to BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) objected to the new finance model and voted against it. “Vikram Limaye, the BCCI representative at the ICC’s Board meeting in Dubai, put his concerns on record over “both the documents especially in light of the insufficient time available to the Hon’ble Supreme Court appointed Committee of administrators to take an informed view on the said proposal, and also there being no scientific basis behind the percentage distribution allocation that was being proposed other than ‘good faith and equity’,” a BCCI release said.

New Test and ODI structure

A new cricket framework has been proposed which includes a nine-team Test League run over a two-year cycle and a 13-team One-Day International league run over a three-year period that would determine qualification for the World Cup 2023. The nine-team Test league will feature all current Test teams barring Zimbabwe. 

DRS in T20

The committee also agreed to the consistent use of the DRS across all formats in international cricket and the referral system will also be implemented at the Champions Trophy 2017 and all televised games at the Women’s World Cup 2017. 

In a major development, it was decided that DRS will be used in all future ICC World Twenty20 televised games as well, in which a team will get only one review per side.

First-class and List-A status to Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s regional four-day tournament, Ahmad Shah Abdali Trophy, was awarded First-class status and their Shpageeza T20 League given List-A status. Afghanistan does not have a domestic 50-over tournament as of now.

Demerit points for grounds

To stop producing bad wickets in international cricket, it was decided to start a new Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, in which demerit points will be initiated over a period of five years. If a stadium accumulates a total of 5 demerit points, its ICC accreditation will be suspended for 12 months. If the number goes to 10 points or beyond, then it will be suspended for two years.