New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief Greg Barkley has been elected the new independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), with Barclay overtaking Singapore’s Imran Khwaja to replace India’s Shashank Manohar.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief Greg Barkley has been elected the new independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Barclay defeated Imran Khwaja of Singapore and he will replace Shashank Manohar of India.
Voting took place during the quarterly meeting of the ICC on Tuesday. 16 boards of directors participated in the electronic voting process, including 12 full members from the Test playing countries, three associate countries and an independent female director (PepsiCo’s Indira Nooyi).
Barclay said, “It is an honor to be elected the ICC Chairman and I would like to thank my fellow ICC Directors for the support, hoping that we will take the game forward together and overcome the global epidemic and make a strong comeback and progress.” will do,’
He said, “I am working closely with our members and look forward to strengthening the game outside our important markets as well so that more people in the world can enjoy cricket.”
The New Zealand official won the election 11–5. He got an important vote of Cricket South Africa in the second round of voting, which helped him to win.
During the first round of voting last week, he got 10 and Khwaja got six votes, but according to the current rules, it is necessary for the winner to get a two-thirds majority i.e. 11 votes in the 16-member ICC board. ICC CEO Manu Sawhney is the 17th member of the board, but does not have the right to vote.
It is believed that apart from India, England, Australia, New Zealand voted in favor of Barclay, who supported the teams to play more bilateral series, which is compatible with the financial model of these boards in this difficult economic situation.
On the other hand, Khwaja had the support of the Pakistan Cricket Board, with the former head of the Singapore Cricket Board in favor of increasing the number of ICC tournaments, which would have increased revenue for the associate countries.
Barclay, an Auckland business advocate, has been part of the NZC board since 2012, currently a New Zealand representative on the ICC board, but will leave the post to assume responsibility independently.
