Revenue sharing module to be discussed soon
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With the fall of the Big Three concept within the International Cricket Council and the hesitance to agree upon the two tier system which was mooted by England, Australia and South Africa, the cricket’s world governing body is seeking other avenues to agree upon a revenue sharing model.
ICC said “Work continues on the future governance structure of the ICC, including the revenue sharing model, and a comprehensive proposal is expected to go to the ICC Board early in 2017.
International Cricket Structures
There was further discussion around the structure of international bilateral cricket as members collectively aim to bring greater context across all three formats of the game with more progress made. Further work will be undertaken around scheduling before a full proposal for consideration will go to the ICC Board in February.
Funding of Cricket
The PCB made a request for a special assistance fund to be allocated to Pakistan in light of its financial issues related to not being able to compete at home. The ICC Board, on the recommendation of the Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee, agreed that some form of assistance will be provided and the matter will be discussed with PCB going forward.
The ICC Board also approved further payments of $500,000 to Ireland and Afghanistan, repeating the additional ICC investment of 2016 to stage more ODIs and T20Is. $250,000 will also be given to each of the other Associate Members with ODI and T20I status for the same purpose.
First-Class Domestic Cricket in Ireland
The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee approved an application from Cricket Ireland to award first-class status to Ireland’s domestic competition the Inter-Provincial Championship and by extension to its Inter-Provincial ODI and T20 competitions.