| MUMBAI:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC)
met in Dubai for its fourth and last meeting of the year to discuss a range of
issues relating to the playing and the business of cricket, some of which will
be considered by the ICC Board when it will hold its first of four meetings of
2010 in February in Dubai.
ICC
Cricket World Cup 2011: Following on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 match
schedule announcement in Mumbai on 9 November, the CEC supported a request from
the Central Organising Committee that, where possible, host countries should play
their quarter-finals and semi-finals in their home country. Where two co-hosts
are involved, the higher-ranked side from the group stage will host the match.
This recommendation will now be considered by the Board. FTP
Post 2012 and context for Test and ODI: The CEC received feedback from the
joint ICC/MCC Cricket Committee meeting and continued with its ongoing discussions
in creating context for Test and ODI cricket. A committee comprising David Richardson,
David Collier, James Sutherland, Nishantha Ranatunga and N Srinivasan has been
formed to draft a discussion paper for the CEC to consider at its next meeting. Online
piracy: Following the recent summit in Hyderabad, the CEC endorsed ICC’s
move to work with its stakeholders in forming a coalition to actively address
and counteract online piracy. ODI
status: The CEC granted ODI status to the Olympic Stadium in Sydney and temporary
ODI status to Kon. UD CC in Amsterdam for the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League to
be staged in July next year. The
CEC also received an update report on the decision review system (DRS) which was
implemented in the Dunedin and Brisbane Tests and will also be used in South Africa. | 
