Tuesday 24 May 2016

Dravid, Jayawardena in ICC cricket committee

India and Sri Lanka greats added to ICC cricket committee for three-year terms
Former India captain Rahul Dravid and ex-Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena have been appointed to the International Cricket Council Cricket Committee, while Anil Kumble has been re-elected chairman for another three-year term. Jayawardena has been appointed as a past player representative, taking over from former Australia skipper Mark Taylor, who completed his final three-year term, while Dravid, along with ex-Australian spinner Tim May, has been chosen by current Test captains to represent the interests of the current players.

Quick single: Meteoric rise sees Zampa vying for Baggy Green They replace Sri Lanak great Kumar Sangakkara and former India legspinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, while Richard Kettleborough replaced the retired Steve Davis as the umpires' representative on the committee. The cricket committee has the authority to recommend changes to the rules by which cricket is governed. Dravid and Jayawardena played 1,161 international matches between them from 1996 to 2015, with each appointed for a three-year term. They will attend their first meeting at Lord’s on May 31, three weeks before the ICC’s annual conference is held in Edinburgh.

 Dravid is currently coaching India’s under-19 and A teams, while Jayawardena recently enjoyed a stint with England as batting consultant alongside a stint with the Adelaide Strikers last KFC Big Bash League season. The ICC cricket committee: Anil Kumble (chairman), Shashank Manohar and David Richardson (ex-officio), Andrew Strauss and Mahela Jaywardena (past player representatives), Rahul Dravid and Tim May (current player representatives), Darren Lehmann (full member coach representative), Kevin O'Brien (Associate representative), Clare Connor (Women's cricket representative), David White (full member representative), Ravi Shastri (media representative), Richard Kettleborough (umpires representative), Ranjan Madugalle (referees' representative), John Stephenson (MCC Head of Cricket)

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