Skerritt’s ICC bid narrowly rejected
Article by February 4, 2021
It is not official yet but it is confirmed. Imran Khwaja, the 64-year-old lawyer from Singapore, will remain the deputy chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He has won a fiercely-fought election.
Khwaja beat Ricky Skerritt of the West Indies by narrowest possible margin by one vote (9-8). The election, conducted by an independent panel, is believed to have been held earlier this week.
“(I) lost by one vote,” Skerritt told Cricbuzz, refusing to discuss who would or would not have voted for him. “(The) vote was via private ballot. So I have no certainty who voted for whom,” the 62-year Cricket West Indies (CWI) president said. Khwaja, who unsuccessfully contested for the chairman’s position late last year, could not be immediately contacted.
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Oman set to contest ICC Board election
By: Times News Service
MUSCAT: Oman’s headline-making cricket strides could take a giant leap when it becomes part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) all-important decision-making team if Pankaj Khimji, Oman Cricket’s Board Member, is elected to ICC Board of Directors following a keenly-contested election that starts on Monday, December 14 and closes on Friday, December 18.
ICC Board comprises 15 Directors, 12 nominated members from Test playing countries and three elected members from the 92 Associate nations. Pankaj’s nomination to contest the ICC Board election is a result of his untiring efforts to promote the cause of Associate nations in the corridors of international cricket where he has been successful in making his presence felt over the last five years. Pankaj, a life Member of London-based Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the laws of the game, has also been representing Oman at ICC and ACC in vario