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ICC allows nat’l boards 2 yrs to be democratic

Cricket

AFP, Hong Kong
Cricket's ruling body on Thursday banned countries from making political appointments to national boards, vowing to free the sport from undue influence and outright government meddling.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), meeting in Hong Kong, said it had made the decision to uphold "the important principle of free elections and the independence" of the sport.
"It was agreed that all member boards must implement the provisions before annual conference June 2012 and a further 12 months — to June 2013 — would be allowed before any sanctions be considered," theICCsaidinastatement.
The reform, which allows the ICC to suspend a member country in the event of government interference in the running of a national cricket board, will be hugely controversial in Pakistan, where the president is the cricket board's patron. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will also be hit by the change.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) could not immediately be reached for comment but the country's legendary former captain Imran Khan welcomed the decision. The PCB has already sent a legal notice to the ICC on the amendment and has threatened legal action if the constitution is changed.
TheICCmadethe decision at a meeting of its full council after four days of talks between the chief executives' committee and executive board at Hong Kong hotels.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said
the reform was needed to bring cricket into line with standards practised in other global sports.
Football's governing body FIFA can suspend national associations if they are tainted by government interference. Iraq is only just emerging from two years in the footballing wilderness after running afoul of the FIFA rules.
"This is a significant step towards achieving best practice and together with the independent governance review, I am excited by the commitment of the ICC to introduce best possible corporate governance," Lorgat said.
The South African said the ICC had "sensed over a while" that government agencies were interfering in the affairs of some cricket boards, but did not name those nations.
Rawalpindi-born former ICC president Ehsan Mani is backing the reform, Pakistan's Daily Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
"This is a good and constructive move by the ICC and I think Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh boards stand to gain the most from it because these are the countries where government interference in cricket affairs is obvious," Mani, the ICC's president from 2003 to 06, was quoted as saying.
During a busy and, at times, dramatic week in Hong Kong the ICC also decided to maintain a 14-team 2015 World Cup while scaling back the 2019 tournament to 10 nations, limit the world T\venty20 championships to 12 teams, introduce a mandatory Umpire Decision Review System in Tests and one-day internationals and ban batsmen from using "runners".