Greg Barclay has been chosen as the new Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and he succeeds Shashank Manohar who ventured down recently.
Barclay, an Auckland-based business legal counselor, has been an overseer of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) since 2012 and is at present NZC’s delegate on the leading group of the International Cricket Council. He will resign from his job at NZC to lead the ICC in a free limit.
He was a head of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2015 and is a previous board part and executive of the Northern Districts Cricket Association. Greg is likewise an accomplished organization chief holding board positions with different New Zealand and Australian organizations.
Greg Barclay pleased to be ready
Remarking on his arrangement Greg Barclay stated: “It is an honor to be chosen as the Chair of the International Cricket Council and I might want to thank my kindred ICC Directors for their help. I expectation we can meet up to lead the game and rise up out of the worldwide pandemic in a solid position and ready for development.
“I anticipate working in organization with our Members to reinforce the game in our center business sectors just as develop it past that guaranteeing a greater amount of the world can appreciate cricket. I accept my situation as an overseer of the game truly and am focused for dealing with sake of every one of the 104 ICC Members to make a supportable future for our game.
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“I’d prefer to express gratitude toward Imran Khwaja for his initiative as acting ICC Chair during a troublesome period for the game and I anticipate proceeding with a nearby working relationship with him later on.”
Barclay had figured out how to gather 10 votes contrasted with Khwaja’s six in the opening round. Nonetheless, according to the ICC specifications, he required 11 votes 66% lion’s share among the 16 individuals. The essential vote came from Cricket South Africa and Barclay arose as the victors.
Greg Barclay supplanted Khwaja, who had been the between time director after Manohar left his situation back in July. Barclay has a lot of involvement with managerial jobs and it will be fascinating to see his methodology, particularly when the game has endured because of the COVID-19 pandemic.