The ICC have postponed any decision on the draft proposal put forth by the so-called Big Three, which would give unprecedented power to the BCCI, the ECB and Cricket Australia.
Cricinfo’s twitter feed reported that the proposal had been put on the back burner following a ‘heated’ meeting by the Test nations’ boards in Dubai on Tuesday, with four boards citing vehement opposition.
Earlier on Tuesday the Pakistan board has confirmed that they, along with South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would be officially opposing the ‘position paper’.
PCB chairman had told ARY TV: “Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka, we all have one stance. Let us see what we vote inside. We will stick to our stance.”
But at the end of the day, the ICC said member boards had ‘unanimously’ agreed to a number of key issues, but had not signed off on anything, with ICC president Alan Isaac saying he was disappointed at the ‘misconceptions’ about the proposal.
He said: “Several months ago I encouraged BCCI, CA and ECB to enter into a constructive dialogue together to help resolve some of the key commercial and governance issues facing the game.
“These leading cricket nations have worked tirelessly to produce a document which provided the basis for the past few weeks of extremely constructive discussions.
“It is obviously very disappointing that a draft position paper from these Members was leaked as this prompted a debate that ignored the ongoing negotiations between all Members and led to unwarranted criticism of many of those involved in the process.
“The principles agreed today provide clear evidence that through the course of further discussions over the coming weeks we can be increasingly confident in achieving consensus.”
David Richardson, the ICC Chief Executive, added: “An enormous amount of effort has gone into developing a comprehensive set of proposals that include input from all Members.
“The Board has held some very constructive, inclusive, wide-ranging and far-reaching discussions and I am looking forward to bringing to fruition some of the principles that have been proposed and accepted in relation to the cricketing structures of the global game.”
