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Kolkata: The Global Cricket Council (ICC) will discus at its board assembly right here about methods to deal with the problem of accommodating extra affiliate groups in long term Global Cups, an respectable mentioned on Sunday.The restructuring of the Global Cup has drawn numerous flak after the ICC determined to chop the choice of groups from 14 to 10 in 2015, that means there have been most effective two puts up for grabs on the Qualifiers, which was once previous within the 12 months taken through the West Indies and Afghanistan.

Not too long ago, Grant Bradburn, present head trainer of the Scotland nationwide group, pleaded with the ICC to assist facilitate steady building of the affiliate international locations after the Global Cup Qualifiers introduced a just right image of those groups’ skills to compete at a top degree.

“There will probably be discussions on methods to move about it. The ICC wishes extra affiliate groups in long term Global Cups and this assembly will have to supply a headway,” an ICC respectable informed IANS at the sidelines of the ICC girls’s committee assembly on Sunday.

The problem will probably be mentioned within the ICC board assembly on April 25 and 26.

In the meantime on the girls’s committee assembly, India captain Mithali Raj was once requested whether or not she had ever been approached through bookies for fit solving, to which the right-hander who led India to the general of the Global Cup closing 12 months, mentioned no. Mithali attended the assembly as a unique invitee.

“She was once right here for a small section right through the assembly. She was once requested whether or not she has encountered any cases of fit solving. She mentioned she hasn’t until date,” the respectable mentioned.

Requested about England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) outgoing chairman Giles Clarke expressing his hobby within the chairman’s put up held through former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, the respectable mentioned it’s most likely that the latter would proceed on the helm of affairs.

Manohar is not going to contest an election and can entire his complete time period of 2 years provided that he’s a unanimous selection.

“Manohar is eager to proceed, most effective time will inform however I don’t believe Giles will take over,” he mentioned.

It was once additionally learnt that Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has checked for the assembly within the wake of the ball tampering row which led to Australia captain Steve Smith, deputy David Warner and opener Cameron Bancroft being banned for his or her position within the unsavoury incident which happened within the Cape The town Take a look at towards South Africa.

First Revealed: April 22, 2018, 10:39 PM IST