Hello all,
Its this time of year, where elections and votes are the buzz words. The election which I am meaning now is the Player's representative elections in ICC.
As widely known, ICC is the body which is controlled financially by BCCI, and hence all the decisions are taken by ICC.
ICC last month had conducted an election to elect the player's representative , and since they had big budget cuts due to recession, they had decided to it offshore without any onsite visit. Also they could not afford to create an online survey, and hence went to mail system, which is of course free, Courtesy : GMail / Google.
In the mail way of voting, Tim May, an Australian got selected, along with Kumar Sangakkara as player's representative of ICC.
But then, due to whatsoever reason, that election was cancelled and a new election was scheduled.
Probably, since the mail service, was free, they did not have to decide on the parameters like Return on Investment, Capital involved, and all the other terms coined by Management guys.
And now,Sangakkara and Sivaramakrishnan were elected in a vote by the 10 Test captains and will serve on the Cricket Committee for a three-year term from 2013-15.
However, the election was shrouded in some controversy, with allegations that some boards were lobbied or pressured to change the votes of their captains. The ICC board had proposed three names – Sangakkara, May and Sivaramakrishnan – for the two players’ representative positions.
Tim May, being an Australian spoke in favor of DRS, and was against all the leagues like IPL, BPL etc.
On the other hand Sivaramakrishnan, had spoken against DRS, and is an active commentator in IPL and his son Vidyut is a bench warmer in Chennai Super Kings.
So according to BCCI , Sivaramakrishnan was the right candidate for the post.
But the world didn agree, but it does not matter, Sachin plays for India, and hence its BCCI's birth right to dictate what happens with ICC.
But the Australian Cricket Board, has voiced concerns against it, as Tim May was an Australian, and they expected some gains out of it, after all Cricket is their National game.
In a surprising twist of events, ICC got renamed itself to Indian Cricket Council , and have decided to conduct an election for chief post of Cricket Australia, as an Indian wants to contest in that election.
On answering Australian media, the current Australian chief had said that, there is nothing new here, as anyways ICC controls other cricketing nations, its natural that Australian Cricket is under control of ICC.
And said, an Indian president for Cricket Australia, will help as the next edition of world cup is scheduled in Australia. An Indian president will ensure that , matches happen in Indian timings, and God knows, first full night ODI may also be in cards.
Also, the chief went on to say that, it will give more value to the selection of the squad, as the squad which came to India recently had a very bad outing, they did not complete their homework, they had to be given detentions etc. Also Indian cricket board had to repay a part of tickets as the test matches barely lasted 5 full days. In order to avoid those embarrassing situations, BCCI will definitely help Cricket Australia to build a strong team and make them play in India against India.
The Indian candidate had expressed that, he will definitely pick up the right kind of guys for Cricket Australia, and make sure that they oppose DRS, and always give IPL preference over their national duties.
And also that they will not take part in any other leagues which dares to oppose IPL.
Another happening, which happened is on seeing CSK winning, West Indies Cricket Board has asked Dwayne Bravo to lead the side, as they did not want any other player leading the side when it comes to the national duties.
Dwayne Bravo is one of the significant contributor to CSKs campaign over years, and luckily he had played for CSK, if else they should have given Joginder Sharma, an West Indies citizenship and given him the captaincy.
All other cricket boards are expected to follow suit, except for Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
As BCCI always needs some controversy, and as in underworld, a Don can be called a Don, only when others fear and respect.
SriLanka being anti-tamils, and Dhoni playing for Chennai Super Kings, BCCI will always ensure that Sri Lankan Cricket board opposes, and hence they always are in some news, and hence the bilateral series which they plan, can be named with different names like Political Series, Tamil or Anti Tamil Series, something similar to Ashes.
Pakistan ofcourse the reasons obvious, BCCI need not do anything here, they anyways oppose what India got to say on any issue, leave cricket.
After all these ,and due to the loss of KJP in Karnataka elections, Mr. Yedurappa has asked BCCI for coalition support to become the Chief Minister of the state.
BCCI is working on a proposal, afterall Mr. Yedurappa is a Kannadiga, if a Indian can be made as head for Australian Cricket Board, this is nothing but a cake walk for BCCI.
Bye til nex,
Its this time of year, where elections and votes are the buzz words. The election which I am meaning now is the Player's representative elections in ICC.
As widely known, ICC is the body which is controlled financially by BCCI, and hence all the decisions are taken by ICC.
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| Variant ICC Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
ICC last month had conducted an election to elect the player's representative , and since they had big budget cuts due to recession, they had decided to it offshore without any onsite visit. Also they could not afford to create an online survey, and hence went to mail system, which is of course free, Courtesy : GMail / Google.
In the mail way of voting, Tim May, an Australian got selected, along with Kumar Sangakkara as player's representative of ICC.
But then, due to whatsoever reason, that election was cancelled and a new election was scheduled.
Probably, since the mail service, was free, they did not have to decide on the parameters like Return on Investment, Capital involved, and all the other terms coined by Management guys.
And now,Sangakkara and Sivaramakrishnan were elected in a vote by the 10 Test captains and will serve on the Cricket Committee for a three-year term from 2013-15.
However, the election was shrouded in some controversy, with allegations that some boards were lobbied or pressured to change the votes of their captains. The ICC board had proposed three names – Sangakkara, May and Sivaramakrishnan – for the two players’ representative positions.
Tim May, being an Australian spoke in favor of DRS, and was against all the leagues like IPL, BPL etc.
On the other hand Sivaramakrishnan, had spoken against DRS, and is an active commentator in IPL and his son Vidyut is a bench warmer in Chennai Super Kings.
So according to BCCI , Sivaramakrishnan was the right candidate for the post.
But the world didn agree, but it does not matter, Sachin plays for India, and hence its BCCI's birth right to dictate what happens with ICC.
But the Australian Cricket Board, has voiced concerns against it, as Tim May was an Australian, and they expected some gains out of it, after all Cricket is their National game.
In a surprising twist of events, ICC got renamed itself to Indian Cricket Council , and have decided to conduct an election for chief post of Cricket Australia, as an Indian wants to contest in that election.
On answering Australian media, the current Australian chief had said that, there is nothing new here, as anyways ICC controls other cricketing nations, its natural that Australian Cricket is under control of ICC.
And said, an Indian president for Cricket Australia, will help as the next edition of world cup is scheduled in Australia. An Indian president will ensure that , matches happen in Indian timings, and God knows, first full night ODI may also be in cards.
Also, the chief went on to say that, it will give more value to the selection of the squad, as the squad which came to India recently had a very bad outing, they did not complete their homework, they had to be given detentions etc. Also Indian cricket board had to repay a part of tickets as the test matches barely lasted 5 full days. In order to avoid those embarrassing situations, BCCI will definitely help Cricket Australia to build a strong team and make them play in India against India.
The Indian candidate had expressed that, he will definitely pick up the right kind of guys for Cricket Australia, and make sure that they oppose DRS, and always give IPL preference over their national duties.
And also that they will not take part in any other leagues which dares to oppose IPL.
 |
| Chennai Super Kings (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Another happening, which happened is on seeing CSK winning, West Indies Cricket Board has asked Dwayne Bravo to lead the side, as they did not want any other player leading the side when it comes to the national duties.
Dwayne Bravo is one of the significant contributor to CSKs campaign over years, and luckily he had played for CSK, if else they should have given Joginder Sharma, an West Indies citizenship and given him the captaincy.
All other cricket boards are expected to follow suit, except for Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
As BCCI always needs some controversy, and as in underworld, a Don can be called a Don, only when others fear and respect.
SriLanka being anti-tamils, and Dhoni playing for Chennai Super Kings, BCCI will always ensure that Sri Lankan Cricket board opposes, and hence they always are in some news, and hence the bilateral series which they plan, can be named with different names like Political Series, Tamil or Anti Tamil Series, something similar to Ashes.
Pakistan ofcourse the reasons obvious, BCCI need not do anything here, they anyways oppose what India got to say on any issue, leave cricket.
After all these ,and due to the loss of KJP in Karnataka elections, Mr. Yedurappa has asked BCCI for coalition support to become the Chief Minister of the state.
BCCI is working on a proposal, afterall Mr. Yedurappa is a Kannadiga, if a Indian can be made as head for Australian Cricket Board, this is nothing but a cake walk for BCCI.
Bye til nex,
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