Even as the David Morgan-Sharad Pawar joint statement suggests that the ICC are working at a peaceful resolution, John Howard’s nomination is perhaps an indicator of things to come when he does take over the ICC Presidency.
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The ICC President-elect, Pawar, initially did not want the New Zealand-Australian nomination, the former Australian Prime Minister, as his deputy when he takes over in June. However, it is the Australia-New Zealand region’s turn to present their nomination, even though it has led to opposition from South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Sri Lanka do not hold Howard highly in regard because Howard was critical of Muttiah Muralitharan’s bowling action even as the Australian Prime Minister and said so openly. Besides the fact that Howard hardly has a direct connection to the sport as administrator, he also faces the antagonism from Zimbabwe who are holding it against him for criticizing the Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe. South Africa appear to be siding with Zimbabwe.
However, the present ICC president, David Morgan, and his deputy, Sharad Pawar, issued a statement to the effect, “The board of the ICC debated and approved, some two years ago, a nomination process for the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency. “The Board of the ICC had debated and approved the current nomination process for the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency. The unanimous decision of the Board at the time was that the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency should be decided on a rotational basis. The ICC had decided that the next Vice-President would be nominated by Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket. Those two boards have been through a very thorough and robust selection process to suggest a candidate and now the ICC Board has to consider and decide on this nomination.”
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