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ICC Executive Board meeting : Fernando in, Sumathipala out by Lal Gunasekera The brother-in-law of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Jeevan Kumaranatunga, Damien Fernando, who is also the Ministry's representative in the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board meeting at the beginning of the second day of the proceedings as an observer of SLC, in Delhi, India. At the start of the meeting, it was former SLC President, Thilanga Sumathipala, who is set to take over the reigns again later this month, who represented SLC. However, at the lunch break of this meeting on the first day, the ICC received correspondence from SLC that Sumathipala was in fact no longer a representative of SLC. A spokesman for SLC told the 'Sunday Observer that they had to follow the instructions of the Minister, but by the time they (SLC) were informed, Sumathipala had already left for Delhi. On the issue of Pakistan being the standby venue for ICC Champions Trophy 2006 due to the tax issues acting as a barrier in India, it was decided to instruct the ICC to reach a final decision by May this year. The Board also decided that owing to the nature of the teams that would take part in the Johnnie Walker ICC Super Series and the quality of the participants, it was agreed that these games would be recognised as official One-Day Internationals and a full Test match. It was also agreed in Delhi to extend the term of office of ICC President, Ehsan Mani, for an additional 12 months till the ICC annual conference in June 2006. The Board also agreed to recommend to the annual conference that it be permitted to extend by invitation the term of future ICC Presidents from two to three years. The Board also agreed to recommend to the annual conference this year that the current membership sub-category of "ODI Member" be abolished with effect from January next year and, if accepted, Kenya, resume the position of an Associate Member of the ICC. If this is adopted, any future games between the top six ranked ICC Associate Members and matches involving these teams and any of the 10 Test playing members of the ICC, both within and outside the ICC events, would be granted full ODI status. |
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