ICC President and former BCCI Secretary Jai Shah has been included in the new advisory board of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), World Cricket Connects. Apart from him, Sourav Ganguly has also been included in it. This is an independent group. The World Cricket Connects Advisory Board will discuss the challenges and problems facing the game at a meeting to be held at Lord’s on June 7 and 8. Jai Shah officially took over as ICC Chairman on December 1 last year.
The World Cricket Connects Board consists of 13 members. It will be chaired by former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara. Other founding members include Sourav Ganguly, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss and England women’s team captain Heather Knight.
The World Cricket Connects Forum was inaugurated last year
The MCC inaugurated the World Cricket Connects Forum last year. More than 100 cricketers participated in this program to discuss about the game. Jai Shah did not attend this event. MCC Chairman Mark Nicholas said: ‘We are looking forward to welcoming many of the game’s most influential figures to debate the most important topics dominating world cricket.’
This committee was replaced
The World Cricket Connects Advisory Board will replace the World Cricket Committee. The World Cricket Committee was formed in 2006. The last meeting of this committee was held last summer. The World Cricket Committee was an independent body with no formal powers, but its recommendations have often been adopted by the ICC. These include DRS, the World Test Championship, the introduction of day-night Tests and the use of a shot clock to improve on slow over-rates.
