US Hall of Fame recommends Cameron for ICC chairman

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Dave Cameron
The Guardian newspaper out of Trinidad & Tobago is reporting that the United States-based Cricket Hall of Fame has written to the current chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Shashank Manohar indicated on Monday that they would like to recommend former president of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Dave Cameron to the post of chairman of the ICC.

Michael Chambers, executive director of the Hartford, Connecticut-based Cricket Hall of Fame, wrote to Manohar stating: "The Cricket Hall of Fame would like to take this opportunity to recommend Cameron, past president of Cricket West Indies, to be considered for the job as chairman of ICC.

Mahammad Qureshi, chairman of Cricket Council USA of South Florida, has thrown his support behind Chambers’ recommendation

"The Hall is overly concerned that the sport of cricket, worldwide, is at a standstill. The sport is going nowhere in the United States of America. We are convinced that the 'Market for Cricket' in the USA could experience an income of over half a billion US dollars per year, with the right person at the helm.

"Dave Cameron was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame in 2018 for the work he did in transforming West Indies cricket, in particular, his introduction of professional cricket to the area.

"The Cricket Hall of Fame has been in existence since 1981. Some of the previous inductees into this prestigious institution are Sir Garfield Sobers, Sunil Gavaskar, Greg Chappell, Gundapa Vishwanath, Michael Holding, Joel “Big Bird” Garner, Sir Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Baghwat Chandrashekhar, Abid Ali, Tony Greig, Chetan Chauhaun, Mushtaq Mohammed, Gordon Greenridge, Desmond Haynes, Farokh Engineer, Courtney Walsh, Brian Close, Colin Croft, Mahammad Qureshi and Akthar Masoon Syed.

Manohar is to step down when his term ends this year. The ICC is set to discuss the process to elect its new chief soon. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief Colin Graves is favorite to fill the post.

The ICC stated: "The existing Chair confirmed he was not seeking an extension to his term but would support the board to ensure a smooth transition."

The ICC president used to head the board of directors but the position largely became honorary after constitutional changes in 2014 saw the creation of the chairman's post.

But Manohar initiated further reforms in 2016 and became the first independent chairman of the governing body with no formal links to any other country's board. The position of the ICC president was also abolished then.

Manohar, a prominent Indian lawyer, was unanimously elected on a two-year term but resigned for personal reasons in March 2017, only to defer his resignation a week later. He was re-elected unopposed for a second two-year term in 2018.

The new chairman is set to formally take over when the ICC's annual general meeting is held at the end of July.

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