ICC President and former BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has been inducted into the new advisory board of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), World Cricket Connects. Apart from that, Sourav Ganguly has also been included in it.
This is an independent group. The World Cricket Connects Advisory Board will meet on June 7 and 8 at Lord's to discuss the challenges and issues facing the game. Jai Shah officially took over as the ICC President 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 had inaugurated the World Cricket Connects Forum last year. More than 100 cricketers participated in the event to discuss the game. Jai Shah did not attend the event. MCC Chairman Mark Nicholls said: 'We look forward to welcoming many of the game's most influential figures to discuss the most important topics dominating world cricket.'
The World Cricket Connects Advisory Board will replace the World Cricket Committee 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 in summer last year.
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 in Test cricket and the use of a shot clock to improve slow over-rates.
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