Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Walter Speed AOis an Australian businessman and the former CEO of the International Cricket Council...
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But it's a delicate issue and a difficult issue.
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The awards provide an opportunity for all players, umpires and teams to be recognized and one of the key strengths of the system we have in place is that this recognition comes from respected voices within the game.
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Australia, Bermuda, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE and the West Indies have indicated their intention to be considered as hosts for an inaugural Twenty20 event while England, Hong Kong, Nepal and Scotland have also expressed an interest in hosting future events.
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Cricket is an international game which is played by a diverse range of cultures and communities. Respect for each other is a key component of the game and racist comments have no place in cricket.
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This is the second year of the ICC Awards after a very successful introduction in London last year,
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It's something we want to talk to the captains about and the umpires,
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For 18 months the ICC have been consistently reviewing the role that Twenty20 cricket could play internationally, and this response indicates there is strong interest from many parts of the cricket world in this type of event.
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They should be congratulated for once again proving to be the most consistent team in both forms of the game.
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This FTP protects the status of Test cricket, ensures that prestigious historical Test series can continue to be contested over four or five matches and provides certainty of planning for our members.
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Racism in any form is abhorrent and everyone in cricket is unhappy with the way in which players from international teams have been subjected to racist abuse in Australia.
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Once the ICC executive board has received this report, we will be in a position to identify what further steps cricket can take to tackle this issue before it spreads beyond the incidents that have taken place in Australia.
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ICC position has been consistent: we say to governments that we don't take decisions based on political judgments - we expect governments to do that.
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Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock have been given an enviable number of options to cover all match circumstances.
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For the past three years at least, we've been asked that players be allowed not to comply with their agreements with Zimbabwe, or that cricket not be played in Zimbabwe,