Bermuda Cricket Board CEO Neil Speight was referred to in two articles recently on the Cricket website Cricinfo, the articles headlined - Big Three could control revamped ICC and Tell the administrators you're watching them, but tonight Speight is hitting back.
“I am aware that my name has been included in recent Cricinfo articles that make comment on upcoming ICC matters.
I am an ICC Director and a member of the ICC's Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee, but I have no knowledge of reported proposals on:
1. New executive committee (ExCo) to be set up with permanent memberships for BCCI, CA, ECB, to override all other committees
2. Promotion and relegation in Test cricket, with exceptions made in the cases of BCCI, CA, ECB
3. ICC to be delinked from FTP arrangements, with bilateral agreements only taking over
4. New finance model of ICC revenue distribution
5. Key positions in ICC - ICC chairman, chairmen of ExCo and finance & commercial affairs committee - to be nominees of BCCI-CA-ECB
6. Reinstatement of Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021 in place of the World Test Championship
I am aware that the 10 Full Member nations attended a meeting on January 9th which no Associate representative was invited to.
At this stage the only detail that I have on the above proposals is that which has been reported publicly.
I disassociate myself completely from the matters that are being reported upon.”
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