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ICC to discuss spot-fixing, Test Championship

The spot-fixing scandal during the Pakistan-England Test series in August and providing context to international cricket are items on top of the agenda during the ICC board's two-day meeting in Dubai which started on Tuesday

ESPNcricinfo staff
12-Oct-2010
Sharad Pawar and Haroon Lorgat in discussion  •  Getty Images

Sharad Pawar and Haroon Lorgat in discussion  •  Getty Images

The spot-fixing scandal during the Pakistan-England Test series in August and sweeping changes to the international game are items topping the agenda during the ICC board's two-day meeting in Dubai, which started on Tuesday.
The ICC board consists of the head of each of the ten Full Member countries, three representatives of the Associate Members and the top three officials of the ICC - the president, the vice-president and the chief executive.
The board will be updated on the spot-fixing allegations against the three Pakistan cricketers - Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif - who are temporarily suspended and have an independent hearing at the end of the month in Qatar.
Also up for review will be the ICC Chief Executives' Committee's recommendations last month for an extensive restructuring of the international game including a Test Championship, a reduced World Cup and an expanded World Twenty20 event. The board will consider the proposals for a four-year-long Test league, a one-day league spread over three years starting April 2011 and the introduction of international Twenty20 rankings.
The proposals for a ten-team World Cup have already drawn criticism from the Associates, who are likely to lose out in the bargain. The ICC has, however, said that it has not yet decided which ten teams will play the tournament, or indeed whether the plan will go ahead.
Other items to be discussed during the meeting include reports on the development of cricket in two of the world's most lucrative sporting markets - the United States and China, updates from the task force headed by ECB chairman Giles Clarke to help bring international cricket back to Pakistan, and from another charged with reviving cricket in Zimbabwe. The progress of the preparations for next year's World Cup in the subcontinent will also be discussed.