Dravid appointed to ICC Cricket Committee; Kumble gets 3-year extension as Chairman
Former India captain Rahul Dravid and ex-Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena have been appointed to the ICC Cricket Committee, adding even more cricketing experience to the list of eminent people already on the committee. Anil Kumble has also received a 3-year extension to his role as the Chairman.
Dravid and Jayawardena have played 1,161 international matches between them from 1996 to 2015, and each has been appointed for a three-year term. They will attend their first meeting at Lordās on 31 May and 1 June, three weeks before the ICC Annual Conference takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dravid, along with former Australia off-spinner and ex-Chief Executive of Federation of International Cricketersā Association (FICA), Tim May, have been elected by the current Test captains as current player representatives, replacing former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, who has completed his final three-year term, and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who has completed his three-year term. Jayawardena has been appointed as a past player representative and takes over from former Australia captain Mark Taylor, who has also completed his final three-year term.
Richard Kettleborough, three-time ICC Umpire of the Year, has been appointed as umpiresā representative in the committee and replaces Steve Davis, who retired last year.
Meanwhile, Anil Kumble has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee for a three-year term. The former India captain was appointed as the Chair in 2012 and will now continue to head the group until 2018.
ICC General Manager ā Cricket, Geoff Allardice, who also administers the ICC Cricket Committee meeting, said: āI want to thank Mark Taylor, Kumar Sangakkara, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Steve Davis for their significant contribution to this committee.
āI welcome Rahul Dravid, Mahela Jayawardena, Tim May and Richard Kettleborough, and I am confident that these highly credentialed individuals will carry on the good work of their predecessors to make the sport even more competitive and attractive.ā
The ICC Cricket Committee is representative of all stakeholders in the modern game, including players, umpires and the media. It is empowered to make recommendations on cricket playing issues to the Chief Executivesā Committee (CEC) and, if the matter is a policy matter, the ICC Board for approval.Ā
The ICC Cricket Committee is:
ChairmanĀ ā Anil Kumble (former India captain)
Ex-OfficioĀ ā Shashank Manohar (ICC Chairman) and David Richardson (ICC Chief Executive)
Past Player representativeĀ āAndrew Strauss (former England captain); Mahela Jayawardena (former Sri Lanka captain)Ā
Current Player representativeĀ - Rahul Dravid (former India captain); Tim May (former Australia off-spinner and ex-CEO of FICA)
Full Member team coach representativeĀ ā Darren Lehmann (Australia coach)
Associate representativeĀ ā Kevin OāBrien (Ireland all-rounder)
Womenās Cricket representativeĀ ā Clare Connor (former England womenās team captain
Full Member representativeĀ ā David White (NZC chief executive)
Media representativeĀ ā Ravi Shastri (former India captain and a respected commentator)
Umpiresā representativeĀ āRichard Kettleborough (member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires)Ā
Refereesā representativeĀ ā Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee and former Sri Lanka captain)
MCC representativeĀ ā John Stephenson (MCCās Head of Cricket)
Report courtesy ICC press release
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