Shashank Manohar may head ICC after change in structure

[1983-2011]

Former ICCI president Shashank Manohar could become the 'chairman' of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2014, after the world body unanimously approved recommendations for large scale structural changes. Manohar had earlier declined ICC presidency - as reported in Mail Today on September 20 - under different circumstances, but he could now give his consent to occupy the newly-created post of ICC chairman, said sources close to the Nagpur-based lawyer. Manohar, 54, now holds no position either with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or the ICC, but it wouldn't be a deterrent for him. ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said as much on Wednesday. 'There's every chance it could be the case [that the chairman could come from within the current board], but there's every chance it could come from outside,' he told reporters in Dubai after a meeting of the ICC executive board. He said a nominations committee will determine a process to elect 'the best man for the job'. When contacted on Wednesday, Manohar did not rule out accepting the responsibility, but didn't commit either, saying he was not aware of the latest developments. Current BCCI president N Srinivasan had given enough hints as early as September. 'None of you know that he was once offered the ICC presidency, but knowing the man he is, he declined the offer... But he's still quite young and I think he should accept it sometime in the future,' Srinivasan had said while taking over the BCCI presidency from Manohar at the BCCI AGM on September 19. 'People in the ICC felt that he should become the president - that's the esteem in which they held him,' Srinivasan had told Mail Today. The recommendation of a split leadership atop the ICC - the president will now be appointed in an 'ambassadorial role' on a one-year rotational basis while a 'chairman would lead the Board'. The power of ICC president will now be reduced. This was part of the 65 recommendations that Lord Woolf of England has made in his 60-page report presented to the ICC Board on Wednesday, ICC said in a statement. The Board unanimously backed the recommendations. Although a final decision on the report will be taken at the ICC annual conference in June, it is expected to be a formality. The proposed changes are part of the ICC strategic plan 2011-2015. While declining the offer to head the ICC, Manohar never said he was averse to taking up the position. 'He had declined, but he never said that he would never ever take that responsibility. 'There were a few reasons for his declining the 'unanimous offer' from ICC member countries,' a source close to Manohar told Mail Today. 'Had Manohar accepted the post he might have become the second Indian in succession to head the ICC as Sharad Pawar is currently heading it. 'He didn't want to do that as it wouldn't have looked proper," he said. "Perhaps more importantly, Lord Woolf's report wasn't complete then, though we knew that the split leadership of the ICC was on the cards.' The source, who knows the way Manohar works, pointed: 'He is a man of integrity and was aware if he accepted the offer, people would have said that BCCI got him appointed using its clout, and he didn't want to set a bad precedent. 'He also knew that the ICC's constitution had to be amended first.' The ICC Board on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution recommending to the ICC Council an amendment to the ICC Articles of Association for the changes to take effect from 2014. Current ICC vice-president Alan Issac will take over from Pawar in June for a two-year term. But it is not certain that Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Mustafa Kamal, who was recommended by the BCB and Pakistan for the ICC vice-presidency from 2012-14, will get that post. PROMOTION OF TESTS The ICC also decided to spend a total of $3.8m in prize money, as an incentive to promote Test cricket. This amount will be shared among the top four sides on April 1, 2013, 2014, and 2015, after an increase in incentives to promote Test match cricket before the ICC Test Championship starts in 2017. Previously, the top team in the ICC Test rankings received a cheque for $175,000, but will now receive a minimum of $450,000 rising to $500,000 in 2015. From 2016 there will be further increases in Test prize money. Next year, the first ranked team will get $450,000, the second $350,000, and the third $250. In 2014, the corresponding amount will be $475,000, $370,000, and $265, 000 and in 2015, it'll be $500,000, $390,000, and $280,000.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2095234/Manohar-head-ICC-change-structure.html

[achilles]

I thought it was a Pawarful post-to-be :hmmm:

[achilles]

I am not happy or sad to know he might be at the helm of affairs. One thing I can be sure of is that there would directly be zero corruption as Mr.Manohar is held in high esteem for his clean image.