Up to member boards to revamp bilateral cricket – ICC chairman Manohar

ICC chairman Shashank Manohar has said the revival of bilateral cricket is in the hands of the members boards, as bilateral cricket does not fall under the jurisdiction of the cricket’s international governing body. The idea of two tiers in Tests was put forward by Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa, he said, and it was up to the members to decide what to do about it.

“I can tell as a fact, this issue was raised by Cricket South Africa and Cricket Australia, and came up at the Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meeting in Edinburgh,” Manohar told the Indian Express. “Being the chairman of the ICC, I don’t attend the CEC meetings, but I was specifically called for this agenda item. I said at the meeting that the ICC is not empowered to look into this because these bilateral rights are rights belonging to home boards and it’s for them to decide what to do. The ICC has nothing to say in this. This matter can’t be deliberated on the ICC platform.”

Haroon Lorgat, CEO of Cricket South Africa and former ICC CEO, had similarly told ESPNcricinfo that it was the responsibility of the member boards and not the ICC to ensure bilateral cricket is in good health. Technically, the ICC is only in charge of organising ICC events like the World Cup, World T20, Champions Trophy and Intercontinental Cup.

While revamps of bilateral cricket are debated, Manohar said, it remained equally important to pinpoint the basis of Test cricket’s attendance problems. He said …

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