{"id":15495,"date":"2012-10-11T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/cricket-kumble-comes-in-to-bat-for-lloyd-at-icc-committee\/"},"modified":"2012-10-11T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T15:46:09","slug":"cricket-kumble-comes-in-to-bat-for-lloyd-at-icc-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-kumble-comes-in-to-bat-for-lloyd-at-icc-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Kumble comes in to bat for Lloyd at ICC committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">MUMBAI<\/span> Oct 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Former India captain Anil Kumble has been named the new head of the International Cricket Council&#8217;s (ICC) cricket committee, replacing former West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd, the global governing body said on Thursday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 16-member committee meets twice a year to consult on playing matters and offer recommendations to the ICC on technical aspects and rules of the sport.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a separate reshuffle, committee member Ian Bishop did not seek an extension to his term and the former West Indies paceman was replaced by England&#8217;s Andrew Strauss, who retired from all forms of cricket at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old Kumble also heads the Indian cricket board&#8217;s technical committee and remains the country&#8217;s most successful bowler, claiming 619 test and 337 one-day international wickets with his leg-spin.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank Clive Lloyd for his chairmanship of the ICC cricket committee and to his tireless contribution to the game,&#8221; ICC President Alan Isaac said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ICC board were united in their admiration for his work as chairman. We also thank Ian Bishop for his contribution during his term as well.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Anil Kumble, we have a new chairman who has unquestioned experience not only as a player with India but also as an administrator with Karnataka State Cricket Association as well.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am sure that he will carry on Clive&#8217;s good work and bring, like Andrew Strauss, contemporary thinking to the committee and both understand clearly the issues facing the modern game.&#8221;       (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by John O&#8217;Brien)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI Oct 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Former India captain Anil Kumble has been named the new head of the International Cricket Council&#8217;s (ICC) cricket committee, replacing former West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd, the global governing body said on Thursday. 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