ICC Cricket Committee to meet in Mumbai from tomorrow

Amongst the topics on the agenda for discussion over the course of the two days are:

·       The balance between bat and ball in all three formats

·       ICC Playing Conditions, including a post- ICC Cricket World Cup review

·       The use of technology in umpiring

·       Code of Conduct, including player behaviour

·       Illegal bowling actions

The committee is chaired by former India captain Anil Kumble and includes representatives of the game’s various stakeholders.

The Cricket Committee’s remit is to discuss cricket-playing matters and to make recommendations to the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee and the ICC Board that will meet in Barbados during the ICC’s annual conference week, from 22-26 June.

The ICC Cricket Committee comprises:

Chairman – Anil Kumble (former India captain)

Ex-Officio – N. Srinivasan (ICC Chairman) and David Richardson (ICC Chief Executive)

Past Player representative – Mark Taylor (former Australia captain)

Current Player representative –Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (ex-India leg-spinner)

Full Member team coach representative – Darren Lehmann (Australia coach)

Women’s Cricket representative – Clare Connor (former England women’s team captain)

Media representative – Ravi Shastri (former India captain and a respected commentator)

Umpires’ representative – Steve Davis (member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires)

Referees’ representative – Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee and former Sri Lanka captain)

MCC representative – John Stephenson (MCC’s Head of Cricket)

Statistician representative – David Kendix (statistician/scorer)