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MUMBAI:
The hectic cricket schedule, referrals to the TV umpire, ball
tampering, ODI playing conditions, and the use of glue on
pitches will be among the subjects discussed by the newly
constituted ICC Cricket Committee.
It
meets in Dubai for two days, starting today.
The
group, chaired by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, includes
former Australia captain Mark Taylor, Sri Lanka captain Mahela
Jayawardene and Michael Holding, the ex-West Indies fast bowler.
It
also features Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, chief ICC match
referee and former Sri Lanka captain Ranjan Madugalle, Craig
Wright, the former Scotland captain, Tom Moody, the ex-Australia
all-rounder who recently coached Sri Lanka to the final of
the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, and Tim May, former
Australia off-spinner and now the CEO of the Federation of
International Cricketers’ Associations.
The committee will discuss whether to amend the current regulations,
which allow on-field umpires to consult with the TV officials
on the subject of clean catches only if they are unsighted.
Any
such amendment would allow the on-field umpires to consult
with the TV umpire on decisions relating to any such catches
they were unsure about and also allow the TV umpire to initiate
contact.
The
committee will also be asked to consider whether it should
recommend trialing the use of player appeals to the TV umpire
at this year’s ICC Twenty20 World Championships if such
a system, currently being trialed in UK domestic one-day cricket,
proves successful.
The
committee will consider the amount of international cricket
being played and the effect on the standard and quality of
cricket played.
Any
recommendations made by the ICC Cricket Committee then go
forward to the chief executives’ Committee for approval.
If that approval is forthcoming then the decisions can be
ratified at the ICC Board meeting with both meetings set for
London in June.
The
ICC Board, which previously approved the recommendation of
the ICC chief executives’ committee (CEC) to amend the
structure of the ICC Cricket Committee, approved the personnel
to sit on it at its meeting in Cape Town in March.
The
remit of the ICC Cricket Committee is to discuss and consult
on any cricket-playing matters and to formulate recommendations
to the CEC which relate to cricket-playing matters.
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