{"id":11923,"date":"2012-06-28T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/cricket-new-zealander-isaac-takes-over-as-icc-chief\/"},"modified":"2012-06-28T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T10:01:11","slug":"cricket-new-zealander-isaac-takes-over-as-icc-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-new-zealander-isaac-takes-over-as-icc-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-New Zealander Isaac takes over as ICC chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June 28<\/span> (Reuters) – New Zealander Alan Isaac took over as
\nthe eighth president of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
\non Thursday on a two-year term before the post becomes titular.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The former New Zealand Cricket chairman succeeded India’s
\nSharad Pawar at the ICC Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur, where
\nformer South Africa wicket-keeper David Richardson was confirmed
\nas the new ICC chief executive at the end of compatriot Haroon
\nLorgat’s four-year term.<\/p>\n

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“I believe that the challenges ahead are no less daunting
\nthan those we have faced in the last two years if we are to
\nmaintain the vibrancy and viability of the three formats of the
\nsport,” Isaac said in a statement.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I look forward to serving the game with honesty and
\nintegrity and to the best of my ability. I look forward to
\nhanding on the guardianship of the sport with the game enjoying
\neven greater health,” he added.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaac takes over at a time when the ICC is perceived as too
\nsusceptible to the financial might of the Indian cricket board.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The governing body’s failure to mandate the use of the
\nDecision Review System earlier this week is cited as yet another
\ninstance of its helplessness against the Indian board, which has
\nbeen steadfast in its opposition to the technology.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

In the annual conference, the ICC agreed to create the post
\nof an ICC Chairman, who would call the shots, remove the role of
\nICC vice-president and make the president’s role “ceremonial in
\nnature with a term of only one year.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The ICC board will select a chairman in 2014 with a two-year
\nterm.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by …)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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